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Flow Alters Sense Of Time

by Coach Mat | 9 Sep, 2017

This continues from Part 7 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #7 – Altered sense of time, which usually seems to pass faster. An...

Lose Your Self In Flow

by Coach Mat | 26 Aug, 2017

This continues from Part 6 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #6 – Loss of self-consciousness, transcendence of ego boundaries, a sense...

Flow Requires Sense Of Control

by Coach Mat | 19 Aug, 2017

This continues from Part 5 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #5 – A sense of potential control. If challenges and skills are in...

Flow Requires Full Attention

by Coach Mat | 5 Aug, 2017

This continues from Part 4 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. The first two features of flow had more to do with planning what your training...

Flow Requires Opportunities To Act

by Coach Mat | 22 Jul, 2017

This continues from Part 3 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. #2 – Opportunities For Action “The opportunities for acting...

Flow Requires Preparation

by Coach Mat | 1 Jul, 2017

This continues from Part 1 of our discussion of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s eight “characteristic dimensions of the flow experience” outlined in his book The Evolving Self. We talk about this a lot. But, what is Flow? First of all, you may read about...