Flow Summary & Review (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) - ANIMATED

[@kusumsharma7042]

I really loved the point on 'Adapting to the new opportunities'. I kind off learned it with a twist of my own but really thanks for sending me to that path. Thanks a lot.

[@SuccessfulByDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@code3697]

Well explained video. If watched video, along with taking notes. Its highly informative. I am highly interested in applying these principles to personal life, work etc. Thank you.

[@deneszombori9777]

I loved that part at 2.03, when you told that it requires full attention and immediately put the like button to the corner :) And maybe this comment would be an easter egg to my colleagues :)

[@SuccessfulByDesign]

Have you experienced "flow" in your life before? Share in the comment section below and if you want another fantastic book, check out Atomic Habits - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKXTXqaYrMdqsK8

[@AmadeJong]

Not scrolling through facebook, but realizing I can’t pay full attention to the narrator, because there is soft music in the background.

[@BadRadNow]

This is so true!!

[@SuccessfulByDesign]

Which part? :)

[@transformxruby]

"youre also scrolling through facebook" well shit

[@SuccessfulByDesign]

It hits home, right? :)

[@ajmarr5671]

Peak or ‘flow’ Experience Explained in 2 minutes: A new perspective from affective neuroscience It has recently been demonstrated (link below) that reward uncertainty or novelty can enhance the sensory experience of high value reward. In other words, popcorn actually tastes better when we are watching exciting movies, and tastes worse when we are attending a funeral. This is due to what are called dopamine-opioid interactions, or the fact that dopamine activity (elicited by positive novel events, and is responsible for a state of arousal, but not pleasure) interacts with our pleasures (as reflected by opioid release), and can actually stimulate opioid activity, which is reflected in self-reports of greater pleasure. Opioid release occurs when we are consuming food and drink, but it also occurs when our musculature is in a state of inactivity or rest, which is why relaxation feels good. Thus it follows that any behaviors which have a lot of positive reward uncertainty (creating art, climbing mountains, etc.) will stimulate naturally occurring opioid activity in concurrent resting states, with subsequent self-reports of high arousal and pleasure, which precisely describes all peak or flow experiences. In other words, peak experience is simply opioid-dopamine interactions due to pursuing positive novel events during a state of rest. Furthermore, as dopamine release scales with the salience of the activity, so will the resulting peak experience. We also see this for peak or flow experiences, where the pleasure and arousal scales with the importance of the task. Thus a rock climber who is risking his life would have a more intense experience than if he were attached to a tether that would break his fall. A longer explanation from affective neuroscience is provided on pp. 81-86 in the open-source book on the neuro-psychology of rest linked below, as well as a simple procedure on pp. 44-51 www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing The book is based on the work of the distinguished affective neuroscientist Kent Berridge, who was kind to review for accuracy and endorse the work. Berridge article on the Neuroscience of Happiness - from Scientific American sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2019/10/Kringelbach-Berridge-2012-Joyful-mind-Sci-Am.pdf Rauwolf, P., et al. (2021) Reward uncertainty - as a 'psychological salt'- can alter the sensory experience and consumption of high-value rewards in young healthy adults.