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"I felt involved and like the time was a half-hour but it was more
like three hours."
"Finding content material for a series of class presentations. I
began putting the material together at 10 a.m. and floundered for
a few minutes, when I began finding detailed information I kept
working of what seemed like an hour ± it was actually 3 p.m."
"I don't remember specifics, but I have several memories of head
jerking (as in when you fall asleep and your head falls forward
and jerks back) that caused me to realize that my perception of
what time it should be was several hours behind the time it
actually was."
Professions and work
Developers of computer software reference getting into a flow
state, sometimes referred to as The Zone or hack mode,[ when
developing in an undistracted state. Stock market operators
often use the term "in the pipe" to describe the psychological
state of flow when trading during high volume days and market
corrections. Professional poker players use the term "playing the
A-game" when referring to the state of highest concentration and
strategical awareness.
Flow in the Workplace
Conditions of flow, defined as a state in which challenges and
skills are equally matched, play an extremely important role in
the workplace. Because flow is associated with achievement, its
development could have concrete implications in increasing
workplace satisfaction and accomplishment. Flow researchers,
such as Csikszentmihalyi, believe that certain interventions may
be performed to enhance and increase flow in the workplace,
through which people would gain ‘intrinsic rewards that
encourage persistence” and provide benefits. In his consultation
work, Csikszentmihalyi emphasizes finding activities and
environments that are conducive to flow, and then identifying
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