ShortForm - The Podcast

The Flow State Mindset: Understanding the challenge-skill aspect for better living


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Finding Flow, and not the waitress that works at your local diner. But instead, the emotional state that happens when your skill set is just shy of the challenge presented to you, but you achieve a sense of total immersion in the work.

"...it is the ideal state where the person can find themselves enjoying their work, feeling productive, totally immersed in what they are doing, and performing at their best." - Forbes.

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Steven Kotler explains Flow

APA Psych Net: Challenge/skill balance

Mind Tools: The Flow Model

Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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ShortForm - The PodcastBy Joe Loper