Do you know what 'flow-state' means?

Hi Natan, Yes, I know what flow state is. It's when you sabotage most of your reality in favor of something you are mad about. It's not the same as focus, it's like overfocus. But it's fantastic and like a drug. It's when you can't help going out of the project even when sleeping in a good way.

Is it from FSM - Finite State Machine terminology? I associate it with FSMs, BPMs - Business Process Management

Yes! Flow state for me is when I forget what time it is and can go on for hours. It happens mostly when I'm building stuff, prototyping on Figma, or playing the piano. Focus time is when I really need to focus on one thing. Might be also stuff that I don't particularly enjoy: certain emails, taxes.

That sounds like fun! Though you've broken some basic rules with the questioning here:) "Did you know the difference (before googling it)" implies that there's a difference. I'd love to follow your journey and see the results of this experiment! You're focusing on users who know the difference, and those who get curious and seek the search engine's help. Just imagine the possibilities for retargeting! :) Could start the whole new trend in marketing

This is kind of cheating, but I read the book a while back before knowing about the term in business. I do recommend reading the actual book, as Mihaly believes "flow" is moreso an exploration of happiness vs raw productivity. (Though Flow states do lead to more productivity).

I would say that its a well-established term, especially on platforms like Youtube and Medium, where achieving the 'flow state' has multiple articles, or binaural beats music videos to help achieve the flow state. I would align flow state with more something that you're actively involved in that you want to be doing or have greater direction with. You can be focused on a book, or task, but when you're in the flow state, it barely requireses conscious thought

Focus is the best drug of all & Flow-state is described as Effortless-effort. You're so focused on the task at hand that everything else seems to disappear. Do watch this wonderful video I've come across:

Flow state is like a sense of harmony with everything you are doing. Things feel effortless (although you could be working super hard from a third-person point of view!). It comes with awareness. I have developed a tracker for it, since the concept of Flow and the awareness it brought me has turned my life around. I will be launching it on Product Hunt as soon as I have read the guide! :-)

My take was finite state machine. Flow of events that change the states of the machine.

The flow state that I follow is by switching on my POMODORO Timer on my Mac and getting done as much as I can within 30 mins & then take a 10 mins break.

In my opinion, flow state and focus differ in the fact that focus is the result of constant effort, while flow state - while requiring conscious cultivation to get started - is a more natural state of being.

I’m an expert on inner flow and my co Intuita.com specializes in developing it. Flow is very different, the more creative imaginal states predominate, it’s free-wheeling, shower thought territory, heart is involved; it’s kind of blissy and powerful insights and breakthroughs can happen here. In focus it’s very much absorptive, frontal lobe and processing mind involved, can seem timeless, very satisfying, like an athletic workout for the brain.

i got some inspiration from https://www.producthunt.com/disc...

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The last time I was in a perfect state of flow was last week... I need to get my game up