Flow State and Business

Recently I've been really thinking about the psychology concept of flow, named by Positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi who in the simplest definition, describes flow as a state of complete immersion in an activity.

I have been working on a new personal project and whenever I start thinking about or get a new idea I get into that state of flow. It is amazing, gratifying and a true place of creativity.

It can also be hard because life is still happening around you and I find it is hard to transition out and get back to real life tasks.

As entrepreneurs I think it is really important to cultivate our flow state.

That can mean dreaming, creating, brainstorming or just letting yourself get lost in your favorite parts of the business.

For me the flow state comes when I have new ideas and I can't sleep because I want to capture them all on paper. I'll end up filling up pages and pages of notebooks with ideas and sketches.

I'd love to know what does flow look like for you?