Flow State

Go with the flow.

In the end all that matters is a state of mind.

Better Practice

Achieving flow leads to enhanced productivity, creativity, and satisfaction, making it a crucial outcome of making the correct decisions.

1. Enhanced cognitive functions: Flow boosts memory, reasoning, and creativity, allowing you to process information more efficiently, generate more alternatives, and evaluate them more critically.
2. Faster subconscious processing: In a flow state, decision making shifts from conscious to subconscious processing, which is about 7 seconds faster. This allows for quicker, more intuitive decisions, especially in high-pressure situations.
3. Reduced stress and emotional bias: Flow reduces stress levels and promotes positive emotions, helping you cope with uncertainty and avoid emotional biases that can negatively impact decision making.
4. Increased motivation and commitment: Flow aligns your actions with your values and goals, increasing motivation to overcome obstacles and follow through on decisions.
5. Improved pattern recognition: The subconscious mind activated during flow has almost unlimited capacity compared to conscious working memory, allowing for better pattern recognition and connections between ideas.
6. Energy efficiency: Flow is an energy-efficient state, allowing you to think longer and harder about complex decisions without burning out.
7. High-speed decision making: Flow is particularly beneficial for making rapid decisions in high-stakes situations, like in finance or sports.