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Flow




   A state of mind where our attention is completely focused on what we’re doing at the time. Intense concentration and deep involvement in the activity. There is a loss of the sense of time, a full immersion in the present moment. Even, a loss of identity, the sense of self vanishes. There is a sense of effortlessness, a sense of total control over what they are doing.



    Flow seems to be found more at work than at leisure. It could be more challenges are found at work, more of a need to exercise our skills, an environment that encourages us to focus on the task at hand.



   The Dalia Lama refers to meditative stability, to focus attention on any activity for a long time. A mind in total absorption of the activity. Sometimes even disturbances in the immediate environment have no effect in undermining the depth of concentration (Michael Jordan).



   The state is a kind of peak human experience that encourages growth, to achieve one’s full human potential. Some people are more or less prone to the flow experience. But, the flow leaves something to be desired as the primary source of happiness and satisfaction.



   Flow is ‘losing oneself’ in the activity. People in the state of flow are not self-aware. Instead, they are focused singularly on the experience at hand, lost in concentration and responding, largely, automatically.





   Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says flow encourages persistence and a return to an activity because of the experiential rewards it promises and, so, fosters the growth of skills over time.
 
 
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