progress 6 # 1 - flow with Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

Flow is a mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity.

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (pronounced "chicks sent me high"), coined "flow". he was born in 1934 and is a psychology professor at Claremont Grauate University. he specializes in the study of happiness, creativity, subjective well-being, fun... and flow, of which he has dedicated many years of research on.

Csikszentmihalyi outlines his theory that people are most happy when they are in a state of flow--a Zen-like state of total oneness with the activity at hand and the situation. The idea of flow is identical to the feeling of being in the zone or in the groove. The flow state is an optimal state of intrinsic motivation, where the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing. This is a feeling everyone has at times, characterized by a feeling of great freedom, enjoyment, fulfillment, and skill--and during which temporal concerns (time, food, ego-self, etc.) are typically ignored.

he described flow in an interview as "being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost."

with this being said. i havent been able to flow at work. and im sure Jesus had flow.

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