The learning experince is fantastic. I feel like a junior doctor on call 24/7 in an A&E. Not because the pressures is anything like as great, but because it has me engaged and totally 'in the flow'.
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The 8 Characteristics of Flow
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Edited by Jonathan Vernon, Tuesday, 17 Nov 2020, 10:26
Everyone needs to know how to 'get into the flow'.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi tells us how:
- Complete concentration on the task;
- Clarity of goals and reward in mind and immediate feedback;
- Transformation of time (speeding up/slowing down);
- The experience is intrinsically rewarding;
- Effortlessness and ease;
- There is a balance between challenge and skills;
- Actions and awareness are merged, losing self-conscious rumination;
- There is a feeling of control over the task.
To watch > Flow by Csikszentmihalyi
Csikszentmihalyi, M (2020) The 8 Characteristics of Flow. [accessed 17/11/2020]
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Saturday, 21 Jan 2012, 20:05
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Edited by Jonathan Vernon, Thursday, 19 Apr 2012, 09:42
I relate to this. How, when and where I am 'in the flow'.
How either stress or boredom can throw me.
In the flow: live TV production, live events, scriptwriting, presenting, directing, most location production work, singing (performing), editing, drawing, creative problem solving, networking and many written exams (+ observational and life-drawing)
Stress includes getting ahead of my experience and skills or finding out too late that expectations have changed whilst boredom results as much from having nothing to do, low levels of responsibility or no challenge. As well as an exam that I have not prepared for or forgetting lines in a play.
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