Sharing this concept of the 'flow state' / 'state of flow' which we all may have experienced at one point or another doing something that we really enjoy with intentional focus. I experience this in almost every skate session, drawing, cooking a meal from scratch, and when I'm retouching photographs for work to name some from the top off my head... these activities gets me completely lost in what I'm doing, keeping present on the task at hand, and it's a mental state that I enjoy being in. It's quite a meditative. What are the activities that puts you in the flow state?
'The description of Flow is described as a state of 'effortless effort,' where we feel like we're propelled through an activity, and everything else seems to disappear. More specifically, flow refers to any moments of rapt attention and total absorption. You're so focused on the task at hand that everything else seems to disappear. Researchers have discovered 22 catalysts that can help you prepare your environment and quickly drop into a flow state. A few of these include distraction management, dopamine triggering, and concentration. '
Peak performance mind hack explained in 7 minutes by Big Think.
HOW TO ENTER 'FLOW STATE' ON COMMAND // FT. STEVEN KOTLER
Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of ten bestsellers (out of thirteen books total), including The Art of Impossible, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Bold and Abundance. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, translated into over 40 languages, and appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, TIME and the Harvard Business Review. Steven is also the cohost of Flow Research Collective Radio, a top ten iTunes science podcast. Along with his wife, author Joy Nicholson, he is the cofounder of the Rancho de Chihuahua, a hospice and special needs dog sanctuary.
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