In the half-century since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first introduced the concept of flow in his seminal 1975 book, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play, two distinct theories ...

Science has discovered a new mental strategy to enhance the power of flow states. Here’s what you need to know. A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences explores how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘It would be impossible to “hack” flow on demand,’ says Dr Cameron Norsworthy. But we can increase our chances to experience it, ...

In 1990, a psychologist named Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published a book in which he described “flow,” a state of mind in which people can focus their brains, shut out distractions, and become much more ...

After kicking off a one-mile run, next thing you know, you check your watch and realize you’ve already breezed through four. Your body is working hard, but you don’t feel overexerted. Or maybe you’re ...

Have you ever found yourself so immersed in a task that everything around you seemed to fade into the background, a zen-like focus getting you so “in the zone” that time stood still. Science has long ...

In one of Don Draper’s more memorable bits of wisdom, the fictional ad exec advised a creatively blocked colleague: “Just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.

Emotional Intelligence Executive Master Coach at InLight Coaching. Let EI enhance your career and relationships with EQi-2/360® Assessments. Have you ever experienced being “in the zone,” a state of ...