Crack the code for happiness, productivity and success

1. Abhinav Shandilya
FLOW - STATE OF MIND

2. Why?

3. What is it?
A term coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

4. Characteristics of Flow
 Completely involved in the activity
 A sense of Ecstasy
 Great inner clarity
 Knowing that activity is doable
 A sense of Serenity- no sense about oneself, growing beyond ego
 Intrinsic motivation-whatever produces flow becomes reward
 Timelessness-distortion of Time

5. Cognition-Scarce Resource
 Processing capacity of our brain- 110 bits/second
 It takes 60 bits/sec to listen to one person
 Pay attention! Literally true

6. Neurochemistry behind this!

7. Attaining Flow

8. How to achieve Flow?
 Clear Goal-Ask questions-Plan
 Discipline
 Posture
 Breathing
 Positive Feedback
 Cutting out the world
 Concentration/Focus and holding on to it
 Flow/Ecstasy

9. Swami Vivekananda on
concentration(which leads to
flow)
To me the difference between an ordinary person and
a great person lies in the degree of concentration

10. Thank You