From paper: Notes on flow

Disclaimer: Digitizing notes from paper notebooks

FLOW ¶

— how to get into the zone.

ENJOYMENT from exerting skill and growth.

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via activity that balances skill and challenge, has clear goals and immediate feedback

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IMMERSION in the task

1. Reduce EGO → admire external world;
2. Be mindful of the environment;
3. Use difficulties to find novel situations → provide enjoyable challenges.

CHALLENGE

• Should be aligned with personal goals
• Should be neither too difficult nor too easy
• Remain unaffected by external circumstances: both reward or punishment (??)

FLOW state is more often achieved THROUGH WORK than not.

the reward should be intrinsic, not external → • seeking new challenges and experience/knowledge