Flow is Your Happiest Most Productive State

Flow is the whip cream on life’s activities.

The nuts and cherry come after.

Wikipedia and Daniel Goleman call flow the highest form of emotional intelligence, Many books are written about peak performance and are actually describing flow.

Why should you get there and how do you get there?

Flow is as perfect as you can perform at the moment. It doesn’t mean you are perfect. It is relaxed synchronization of your physical, emotional, and mental talents. It is the best you can ask of your self currently. You can get better but not for now.

Flow is defined as an activity in which you have skill and find challenge, but are not overwhelmed. You focus to the elimination of all distractions. You perform feeling no judgment and not concerned with rewards. You have the desire to remain in the status for as long as possible.

Athletes get into flow. But so can a psychiatrist, a brick layer, a writer, a musician, a pbx operator, a secretary, or any other activity in which one is forming perfunctorily and focused.

Neuroscientists say that in flow one has a positive state of mind. The neurotransmitters, endorphins, and dopamine are creating a feel good atmosphere that is addicting. You are happy in flow and afterward you want to return again.

How do you get there? There are three components; a skill you have practiced and enjoy, focus and elimination of distractions. The latter two may not be easy in today’s over stimulated environment.

When I write I drop into flow. Some days my work is better than others but each time it is the best I can produce at the time. The state is so enjoyable I look forward to entering it each morning seven days a week.

You can set up your life to flow as well as your activities. Eliminating distractions requires a determined concerted effort. I take care of each responsibility or liability as it arises. The trick is to have no lingering worries that you have not determined how to fix.

I pay bills or know when or how I am going to pay them. I have thoughts each day that I have done as much as I can for my children and friends. I have regular discussions with people that are in positive states. Enthusiasm is infectious. I try to keep my karma in good standing.

John Edwards, says you should repeat the mantra “I live in the circle of God’s love and protection and will not allow negative people or activities to enter my life.”

I select activities for which I am passionate and try to get them into my life daily. I work hard and creatively and then give my mind time to refresh. Elimination of activities that are meaningless and brain drains is important. The need less constant checking of emails, texts, face book messages, TV, negative news sources, and gossip all drain mental vitality.

I awake each day to do one of my favorite and most taxing activities first without engaging in any distracting activities. I then take care of the secondary priorities. When it is time for a break, I can pursue the more mundane activities or go out for recreation. In the afternoons I do my research with a refreshed mind and may read for several hours.

Finding a life that is meaningful for yourself and activities for which you have passion is living in the flow. One of the reasons it falls into the category of emotional intelligence is that your feelings and self awareness are heightened.

In this state you are appreciative, positive, optimistic, generous, and wishing well for others. You have the security to read how others are feeling and be empathetic. If you had the desire to lead and influence the emotions of groups, you would have leadership.

The endorphins get a double boost when you use your best talents to help others. One of the highest callings might be charity work or even politics. But everyone can be a model or leader for their family, friends, co workers, and community.

Get to that space and it will influence others without you needing to talk about it.

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