Finding your own flow

It’s possible for a person to have an overwhelming number of things to to and still function productively with a clear head and a positive sense of relaxed control.

Chaos isn’t the problem; how long it takes to find coherence is the real game.

Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer

Finding your own flow

Your ability to create power is directly proportional to your ability to relax. To experience flow, it is necessary that your skills in a given task match the challenge at hand. If the challenge exceeds your requisite skill level, you will experience anxiety or stress, and if you skills exceed the challenge, you will most likely feel bored during your activity.

The same applies when you do too many things in parallel. You brain need closure to be able to think clearly. Any open task creates an open loop in our brain that consumes energy and uses space. There is no reason to ever have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought. Anything that does not belong where it is creates an open loop which will be pulling on your attention if it’s not properly managed. Clearing the mind and being open and responsive is the very first step to success in an agile world.

Source

Allen, David (2019):
Getting Things Done. The art of stress-free productivity. London: Piatkus.

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly and LeFevre, Judith: (1989):
Optimal Experince in Work and Leisure. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 56. No. 5 P. 815-822.

ProMove TM (2021):
Enabling transformation. Internal tool box for clients.