A number of my clients always ask me what it feels like to be in flow and in this Ted video Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi explains that flow is the secret to happiness.
In summary when we are in flow the following occurs:
- Completely involved in what we are doing – focused and concentrating
- A sense of ecstasy – a sense of being outside everyday reality
- Greater inner clarity – knowing what needs to be done, and knowing how well we are doing
- Knowing that the activity is doable – that are skills are adequate to the task
- A sense of serenity – no worries about oneself, and a feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of the ego
- Timelessness – thoroughly focused on the present, hours seem to pass by in minutes
- Intrinsic motivation – whatever produces flow becomes it’s own reward
You can access the TED video here at:
http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html
So do you know when you are in flow and what your path to success looks like?. Imagine how easy success is when you are in flow. In you would like to discover your flow profile take the test here.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
