Summary: Wonder how to enter the miraculous borderland between dreams and reality? A present world where you are reacting dynamically to stimuli in a way that feels magical. <br><br>FLOW, also known as the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.<br><br>When you’re in the state of Flow, you:<br><br>- are completely focused on the task at hand;<br>- forget about yourself, about others, about the world around you;<br>- lose track of time;<br>- feel happy and in control; and<br>- become creative and productive.<br><br>It's being in the moment, focusing completely on a single task, and finding a sense of calm and happiness in your work. Flow is exactly that.<br><br>I believe the ability to single-task (as opposed to multi-task) is one of the keys to true productivity. Not the kind of productivity where you knock off 20 items from your to-do list (although that can be satisfying), where you’re switching between tasks all day long and keep busy all the time.<br><br>The true productivity I mean is the kind where you actually achieve your goals, where you accomplish important and long-lasting things. As a writer, that might mean writing one or two important and memorable articles rather than 20 or 50 unimportant ones that people will forget 5 minutes after reading them. It means getting key projects done rather than answering a bunch of emails, making a lot of phone calls, attending a bunch of meetings, and shuffling paperwork all day long. It means closing key deals. It means quality instead of quantity.<br><br>And once you’ve learned to focus on those kinds of important projects and tasks, Flow is how you get them done. You lose yourself in those important and challenging tasks, and instead of being constantly interrupted by minor things (calls, emails, IMs, coworkers, etc.), you are able to focus on the tasks long enough to actually complete them.<br><br>And by losing yourself in them, you enjoy yourself more. You reduce stress while increasing quality output. You get important stuff done instead of just getting things done. You achieve things rather than just keeping busy.<br><br>Flow is one of the keys to all of that.<br><br>Source - zenhabits.net<br><br>Please do NOT hesitate to reach out to me on Instagram, Twitter or via email <a href="mailto:mark@vudream.com">mark@vudream.com</a><br><br>Humans 2.0 Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/Humans2Podcast</a><br>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/markymetry" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/markymetry</a><br>Medium - <a href="https://medium.com/" rel="noopener">https://medium.com/</a>@markymetry<br>Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9</a><br>Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/</a><br>LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/" rel="noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/</a><br>Mark Metry - <a href="https://www.markmetry.com/" rel="noopener">https://www.markmetry.com/</a>
