Thursday, December 18, 2008

Find Your "Flow"

You know it when you have it.

That feeling of energy and focus, of efficiency of movement, the ecstasy of accomplishment.

That's Flow.

In "There's No Business Like FLOW Business"

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/97/art-of-work-fasttake.html

author Ann Marsh tells us

"Time becomes irrelevant, the water in the teakettle boils away, you forget where you are, so focused are you on the work you're doing. Sound familiar? If not, try taking a look at how some companies are using Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's ideas to improve the productivity and satisfaction of their employees."

She's talking about the author of "Flow Theory" named Thinker of the Year in 2000 by Brain Channels.


"The Thinker of the Year Award has been awarded to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor and former chairman of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago who has devoted his life's work to the study of what makes people truly happy, satisfied and fulfilled."