1. Pattern recognition with risk taking
1.1. Equal participation & skill level
2. Immediate feedback
3. How to enter the ‘flow state’ for effortless creativity by Matt Davis
4. Combine chocolate with mao I (cinnamon)
5. Visualize being in flow
5.1. Address the fear
6. Increased happiness
7. Gotzler
7.1. Pomodoro technique
7.2. Pavlock / self punishment
7.3. Distraction free zone
7.4. Why is the outcome important for you
7.5. Set goals
7.6. Intermittent fasting / keto
7.7. Limit resources
7.7.1. What do I need or want flow for
7.8. Binaural beats
7.9. Create a powerful morning routine
8. 17 Triggers
8.1. Accelerate / catalyze entrance into flow states
8.2. 4 Psychological
8.2.1. Intensely focused attention
8.2.2. Clear goals
8.2.3. Challenge : Skills ratio
8.3. 3 Environmental
8.3.1. High consequences
8.3.2. Deep embodiment
8.3.3. Rich environment
8.4. Sense of control
8.5. 9 Social
8.5.1. Serious concentration
8.5.2. Shared, clear goals
8.5.3. Good communication
8.5.4. Familiarity
8.5.5. Risk
8.5.6. Close listening
8.5.7. Always say yes
8.6. 1 Creative
9. Science
9.1. Neuroscience
9.1.1. Transient hypofrontality
9.1.2. Exercise induced
9.1.3. Neurochemistry
9.1.3.1. Neurotransmitters
9.1.3.1.1. Pre frontal cortex
9.1.3.1.2. Dopamine
9.1.3.1.3. Norapinephrine
9.1.3.1.4. Seratonin
9.1.3.2. Endorphins
9.1.3.3. Anandamide
9.1.3.4. Cocktail released
9.1.3.4.1. Hormones
9.1.4. Neuroanatomy
9.1.4.1. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex deactivated
9.1.4.1.1. Inner critic
9.1.4.1.2. Voice of doubt / disparagement
9.1.4.1.3. Less critical
9.1.4.1.4. More courageous
9.1.4.1.5. Abilities augmented
9.1.4.1.6. Imagine new possibilities
9.1.5. Neurobiology
9.1.5.1. Flow is product of profound changes in brain function
9.1.5.2. Brainwaves move from fast moving beta to slow borderline between alpha and theta
9.1.5.3. Alpha
9.1.5.3.1. Day dreaming
9.1.5.4. Theta
9.1.5.4.1. REM
9.1.5.4.2. Just before sleep
9.1.5.4.3. Ideas combine in radical ways
10. Sort
10.1. Overthinking
10.1.1. Pre frontal cortex
10.2. Time periods
10.2.1. Long term
10.2.2. Short term
10.3. Focus
10.4. Midpoint between boredom and anxiety
10.5. Addictive
10.5.1. Autotelic
10.6. Happiness
10.6.1. Aristotle conclusion
10.6.2. What people want more than anything
10.7. Extreme situational awareness
10.7.1. How to get if?
10.7.1.1. Pay more attention
10.8. Skills
10.8.1. Automized
10.8.2. 3-4
10.9. Hyper ergonomics
10.9.1. No friction
10.9.1.1. Intention
10.9.1.2. Action
10.9.2. How to get it
10.9.2.1. Work out the kinks
10.10. Feel the force don’t force the feel
11. What is Flow
11.1. Subset
11.1.1. Non Ordinary States of Consciousness
11.1.1.1. Types
11.1.1.1.1. Dreams
11.1.1.1.2. Trance
11.1.1.1.3. Possession
11.1.1.2. Functional
11.1.1.2.1. Optimal
11.1.1.2.2. Those states or experiences which take us out of ourselves
11.1.1.3. Disfunctional
11.1.1.3.1. Mental illnesss
11.2. Ecstasis
11.3. Experience STER
11.3.1. Selfnessness
11.3.1.1. Reboot for nervous system / psychology
11.3.1.2. Inner critic
11.3.1.3. Neurosis
11.3.1.4. Provides objective experience of subjective life
11.3.1.4.1. Subject object shift
11.3.1.4.2. Robert Keegan
11.3.1.5. Monkey suit
11.3.2. Timelessness
11.3.2.1. Montessori
11.3.2.1.1. 3 hours
11.3.3. Effortlessness
11.3.3.1. Pain relief
11.4. Richness
11.4.1. Insight connection innovation outpaced
11.4.2. Heightened pattern recognition
11.4.3. Lateral thinking
11.5. Characteristics
11.5.1. Complete concentration on a task
11.5.2. Clarity of goals, immediate feedback, and a reward in mind
11.5.3. Transformation of time (speeding up or slowing down of time)
11.5.4. Intrinsically rewarding experience – an end in-and-of itself
11.5.5. Effortlessness and ease
11.5.6. Balance between challenge and skills
11.5.7. Actions merge with awareness — a loss of self-conscious rumination
11.5.8. Feelings of control over the task
11.5.9. Subjective feeling
11.5.9.1. Senses heightened
11.5.9.2. Concentration laser focused
11.5.9.2.1. Everything else falls away
11.5.9.3. Action and awareness merge
11.5.9.4. Sense of self disappears
11.5.9.4.1. Self consciousness
11.5.9.5. Time distortion
11.5.9.5.1. Slows down
11.5.9.5.2. Speeds up
11.5.9.6. All aspects of performance are heightened
12. Research
12.1. Origin
12.1.1. Cross species communication
12.2. Articles
12.2.1. How to Enter the Flow State by Marelisa
12.2.1.1. What Is The State of Flow
12.2.1.2. The Point at Which You Hit the State of Flow
12.2.1.3. How Does It Feel to Be in the Flow
12.2.1.4. How to Achieve the Flow State
12.2.1.5. Conclusion
12.2.2. ‘Flow’ Can Help You Achieve Goals by Kendra Cherry
12.2.2.1. How Does it Feel to Experience Flow
12.2.2.2. How to Achieve Flow
12.2.2.3. Applications and Examples of Flow
12.2.2.4. The Benefits of Flow
12.2.3. Flow State: What It Is and How to Achieve It by Alayna Cherry
12.2.3.1. Nice short article
13. Definition
13.1. Optimal state of consciousness, a peak state, where we both feel our best and perform our best
13.2. Being in "The Zone"
13.3. The most desirable state on earth?
13.3.1. Most elusive
13.3.2. Except for adventure atheletes
13.4. Stella Grizont
13.4.1. The experience of complete absorption in a particular endeavor
13.4.2. “True engagement is when we are so lost in the task at hand that we lose a sense of time and space. We even forget ourselves, our ego [and its] ruminations.”
14. Benefits
14.1. Creativity
14.1.1. Most important skill
14.1.1.1. Partnership for 21st century skills
14.1.1.1.1. 250 researchers at 60 institutions
14.1.1.2. Global survey of 1500 top execs by IBM of most desirable qualities in CEO
14.1.2. Australia study
14.1.2.1. Tricky brain teaser
14.1.2.2. No one solved
14.1.2.3. Transcranial stimulation
14.1.2.3.1. 23 solved in record time
14.1.3. Harvard study
14.1.3.1. Teresa Amiable
14.1.3.2. People are more creative in flow and after
14.1.3.3. Trains us to be more creative
14.1.4. Theta state
14.2. Increased productivity
14.2.1. McKinsey study
14.2.1.1. 10 years
14.2.1.2. Found top execs 500% more productive in flow
14.3. Accelerated learning
14.4. Motivation
14.5. Overcoming fear
14.6. Improved performance
14.6.1. Physical
14.6.2. Mental
14.7. Better sleep
14.7.1. Rest / recovery ?
15. History
15.1. Mihaly
15.1.1. Largest psychological surveys ever in 1970s
15.1.1.1. Questioning about best
15.1.1.1.1. Performance
15.1.1.1.2. Feeling
15.1.1.2. Started with experts
15.1.1.2.1. Chess
15.1.1.2.2. Surgeons
15.1.1.2.3. Dancers
15.1.1.3. All walks of life
15.1.1.3.1. Italian farmers
15.1.1.3.2. Navajo sheepherders
15.1.1.3.3. Chicago assembly line workers
15.1.1.3.4. Elderly Korean women
15.1.2. Ability vs challenge framework
15.1.2.1. 2
15.1.3. Flow test