The Productivity Show

Flow State: The Systems and Tools We Use To Get In The Zone (TPS347)


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Have you ever been working away on something and you felt like time just melted away? You came out of it feeling like you made a ton of progress, and that everything just came together.

That feeling was a state of Flow, and in this episode, we are going to share some tactical ways that YOU can get into the flow state, with systems and tools that work for us and many of your fellow TPS listeners.

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Cheat Sheet:
  • Top 3 productivity resources for this week. [2:31]
  • What is “Flow State”? [5:24]
  • How does Brooks implement Flow State? [7:17]
  • How does Thanh implement Flow State? [9:52]
  • What is the importance of having a clear outcome and goal? [20:01]
  • How the clarity of an outcome affects productivity [23:44]
  • The benefit of the “Flow State” [25:55]
  • What flow rituals does Brooks practice? [27:00]
  • What flow rituals does Thanh practice? [28:47]
  • Action Steps You Can take to integrate today’s topic into your life. [31:45]
  • Links:
    • Indeed
    • Betterhelp
    • Book- Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high)
    • Calm
    • Focus@Will
    • Twitter: Marie Poulin
    • Twitter: Garden Analogy
    • Grammarly
    • TPS+
    • Quiz
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