"If I could only concentrate, I could get this done"- my frustrated thought
The second element of flow is cultivating deep concentration.
Most of our lives are spent on walking through life. We are seldom in the present. We think about the past
or the future and believe that we multitask through the present.
So what does cultivating deep concentration look like? In the book Career Renegade the author gives the example of playing ping pong.
Ping pong action comes so fast towards you that you must focus on the ball. You could not let your thoughts wonder away even for a a micro micro second. You must be in the flow to return the ball across the net.
Is this only sports related? Nope. I have experienced the same feeling deriving a proof in my graduate courses. I was so involved and moving through the steps that I felt like smoke was going to come out of my ears.
Today's question is:
"What were you doing when you entered flow through deep concentration?"
The second element of flow is cultivating deep concentration.
Most of our lives are spent on walking through life. We are seldom in the present. We think about the past
or the future and believe that we multitask through the present.
So what does cultivating deep concentration look like? In the book Career Renegade the author gives the example of playing ping pong.
Ping pong action comes so fast towards you that you must focus on the ball. You could not let your thoughts wonder away even for a a micro micro second. You must be in the flow to return the ball across the net.
Is this only sports related? Nope. I have experienced the same feeling deriving a proof in my graduate courses. I was so involved and moving through the steps that I felt like smoke was going to come out of my ears.
Today's question is:
"What were you doing when you entered flow through deep concentration?"
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