If you read this article you have followed a lot of advice related to increasing your focus and concentration but still, if you have problems in focusing and concentrating then you are on the right article right now.
Once we were just like you but after years of personal experience we have learned that to be fully focused you can enter the flow state only because the flow state is such a dimension of your brain that when you unlock it you focus.
Becomes so laser-sharp that at that moment there is only you and your goal how can you do everything else with just one command If you want Then you can achieve the flow state How to enter the flow state am your mind be formless Shape like When you put water into a Some Bruce Lee is talking about The four pillars to activate the flow state.
Benefit of Flow:
These four pillars are the power source of the brain of the most productive and focused people on this planet You will learn about it later in this article but before that Let us understand what flow is Okay, just remember when you were so immersed in some work that you did not even realize.
When time passed, you were so lost in that work that you were around What was happening, distractions, or anything else Could not disturb your focus This was your real flow state in which your focus increased the most Psychologist Mikhail Chik St. Me Hi and JN Nakamura was the first to discover it.
Which can be described in one line If so, flow is a state of consciousness that makes work feel effortless Ramesh Babu when Prajnan became the World Chess Champion Virat Kohli was in a flow state this time when he scored his century, he was also in a flow state Sam Altman and his team were in a flow state when Chad while writing the code of GPT, they were all inflow state when Newton gave the Laws of Physics Motion When Einstein discovered the theory of relativity, all this happened Because of flow, now the flow state is not just created theory.
Pillar number one is flow blockers:
Pillar number one is flow blockers. Scientific Research has shown that we are naturally rewired to go into a flow state from the beginning. As soon as you eliminate the flow blockers, your mind will find a way to go into a flow state on its own.
But experiencing it at will has become very difficult because the century lifestyle blocks us from experiencing flow the biggest blocker is your phone. Do it like this Imagine there is a river in which water is flowing naturally.
But you stop the flow of water by building a big dam in your real life in real life this big dam is your phone to successfully enter the flow state you have to remove this blocker to do this you just have to follow one principle flow before phone golden rule is that every day you have to wake up in the morning before touching your phone you have to experience flow for two to three hours productively in which you will complete your most important task of the whole day but this is not a final solution after removing flow blockers Also People have trouble staying focused That’s because they miss this second pillar.
Pillar number two flow prone:
Pillar number two is flow prone Flow proneness is your ability to achieve flow by removing blockers you get ready to go into the flow But by being prone you achieve the flow state To do this you have to set it according to your physiology i.e. your body, your psychology i.e. your mind and your environment
This works in favor of going into a flow state and not against it so that our chances of getting into Flow MAX The easiest way to achieve maximum is to wake up in the morning and within 90 seconds of opening your eyes, sit down to work Isn’t this too much, right Scientifically, this is the easiest way to enter the flow state.
According to data from Red Booth, the morning is the only time when the maximum number of people complete their tasks with focus, your flow is highest in the morning, this is because at this time sleep waves in your brain are theta and delta and the flow state waves are similar to theta, alpha, and gamma and along with this, in the first 90 seconds of the morning.
If you avoid any distractions and get on with the work, your chances of achieving flow will be very high Now you have removed flow blockers to achieve the flow state and increased flow proneness. Now you come to how to trigger flow.
Pillar Number Three Flow Triggers:
Pillar number three flow triggers Steven Kottler, who is considered a flow expert has found through many neurobiological types of research that the more flow triggers are present in your activity, the more you will be able to enter the flow state faster your flow state will be deeper and you can hold flow for longer You will find Flow triggers exist naturally in some activities like painting music and video games.
Here you don’t have to put in any effort. Flow triggers get activated automatically and you go into a deep focus state. Steven Kottler has described three such triggers which are common in all these activities and to go into the flow clear goals are necessary.
Immediate feedback Challenge Skill Balance Let’s understand this with an example. Suppose you are riding a bicycle you have to go safely from one point to another point and to do this you have to keep pedaling continuously.
This is your clear goal is achieved. Next ride While doing this while the vehicles around you are on the road people are giving you information about potholes you get immediate feedback on where to brake, where to slow down, and where to go fast.
As your speed increases, balancing the cycle becomes more challenging and you have to manage all the information more carefully and swiftly so that you don’t crash anywhere. All this is understandable for cycling but what about your work?
You should add all these triggers to your work you will be seduced by whatever work you are doing start with a goal, the work should be such that you get immediate feedback The most important thing to keep in mind is that the task is not too easy or you will get bored and it should not be too difficult or you will give up and give up. This task should be at least 4 times tougher than your current skill level only by activating these three triggers will you be able to achieve flow.
Fourth Pillar of the Flow Cycle:
The world’s most productive people are this fourth pillar, pillar number for the flow cycle, which was discovered by Harvard University Professor Herbert Benson through his years of research where he studied the world’s most focused players and athletes and They did brain scans of working professionals and they discovered this flow cycle which if you master then it will be impossible to defeat you in anything.
The flow cycle works in four phases The first phase is the struggle This phase is opposite to the flow In the first phase of work, you will have to face a lot of struggle Your brain’s pre-frontal cortex will get overloaded with information and critical thinking.
At a point, you will get frustrated and beta waves will get activated in your brain, and stress hormones like cortisol and northern will start getting released when you reach your peak frustration then Understand that this is the first phase of the flow cycle which is ending.
After this comes the next phase Release Albert Einstein said we can’t solve our problems with the same level of thinking that was created, your brain gets overloaded here you need a short release take a 5-minute break for a walk to do deep breathing, exercise this will make your brain work, it will process all information and recharge your thinking ability in this moment your brain will operate in alpha brain waves nitric oxide will be released in your brain which will work to eliminate all the stress hormones will Flow.
Now this is the same phase that we talked about in this entire article at this moment Our brain operates in alpha-theta and gamma-waves where dopamine norcodeine endorphins and serotonin-like hormones start getting released and a fun fact with you is that these are the same hormones that get released when you fall in love with someone recovery.
Now you have reached the final stage of the flow cycle you are coming out of the flow state now your brain is overloaded with information It’s not raining hormones here Your brain is looking for peace which is now.