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Peak Performance: Mental Training Techniques of the World’s Greatest Athletes

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By Charles A. Garfield, Hal Zina Bennett — 1985

A leading sports psychologist and a veteran sports writer examine the new mental training techniques of Russian and Eastern European athletes and detail exercises that allow everyone to benefit from those techniques.

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11 Activities and Exercises to Induce a Flow State (+ 6 Examples)

Flow state is losing yourself in the moment; when you find your abilities are well matched to an activity, the world around you quietens and you may find yourself achieving things you only dreamt to be possible.

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Elaine Houston
2021
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16:40

The Art of Creative Inspiration | Victor Shamas | TEDxTucson

Victor Shamas, PhD, offers a fresh vision of the creative process as well as two practical tools for inducing the peak experience of creative inspiration.

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2019
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14:52

A Grieving Artist Goes Viral Finding Flow | Josie Lewis | TEDxMinneapolis

After years of devastating pregnancy losses that mirrored a lackluster art career, Josie Lewis gave up. She gave up trying to grow her family and gave up trying to be an artist.

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2020
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Pre Writing Rituals For Entering Flow State ft. Steven Kotler

These are the pre-writing rituals NY Times Best Selling Author and Flow State expert Steven Kotler does to enter flow state when writing. He's written 12 books, nine of which were NY Times Best sellers, he knows what he's talking about.

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2021
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How to Enter the ‘Flow State’ for Effortless Creativity

Taking a modern look at a millennia-old concept. We experience the "flow state" when a given task becomes effortless and time slips by without our noticing. The concept has appeared in many ancient philosophies like Stoicism and Taoism, and modern research has confirmed this experience is real.

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Matt Davis
2018
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The ‘Flow State’: Where Creative Work Thrives

Many of us know what it’s like to be in a state of creative flow. Do you have to wait for inspiration to strike, or can you hack ‘the zone’?

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Alice Robb
2019
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The Flow (the Zone)— For Writers? What Is It? How Do I Get Into It?

The concept of the flow, or being in the zone for an artist, is very much like the state an athlete achieves (or strives to achieve) for peak performance. It’s that place beyond all the effort, where time is meaningless and everything just flows.

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Elle Fredine
2018
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Our Best Selves | Jamie Wheal | SU Global Summit

In a world of exponential change, one of our greatest challenges is to remain centered on what makes us human. Jamie Wheal, co-author of Stealing Fire, shows how we can achieve a state of Flow, helping us to perform at our best, live our happiest and most fulfilled lives—and to be our best selves.

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Jamie Wheal
2017
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Marcus Aurelius: How to Wake Up Early (Stoicism)

In this video we will be talking about 10 important insights for waking up early from the writings of Marcus Aurelius. He was also a devout student of the philosophy of Stoicism.

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Marcus Aurelius
2019
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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi: Flow, Creativity & the Evolving Self - Thinking Allowed DVD W/ Mishlove

In Part 1 of this three-part program, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discusses the results of over thirty years researching the lives of highly creative individuals.

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
2010
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