Have You Mastered This Peak State?

If high performers are taking advantage of this legendary “mind gym”, why isn’t everyone?

Kate
9 min readSep 7, 2022

Have you ever been so immersed in a task that you look up, realizing a few hours have gone by?

Most people refer to this as “in the zone.”

Flow is often described in the world of arts, music, and sports and is sometimes portrayed as “contemplative and mystical states belonging to seekers and saints; and psychedelic states were mostly sampled by hippies and ravers.”

As explored in Steven Kotler’s book ‘Stealing Fire’, Flow is studied and practiced amongst top organizations such as the Navy Seals and Silicon Valley tech giants but not so much in your average workspace.

If high performers are taking advantage of this legendary “mind gym”, why isn’t everyone?

To create an equal playing field, we can all utilize this extraordinary peak state to increase productivity, focus, and satisfaction at work.

But first, you must understand FLOW.

Endurance sports outdoors is the easiest way to get into flow — something to do with becoming one with Mother Nature while becoming a better version of yourself.

Rethinking Our Perception of “Time”

When you are in flow, you have “more time”.

Time is not linear — even Einstein stated time is

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Kate

neuroscience, sapiosexual, athlete, entrepreneurship, growth, mindset, wellness, holistic healing, nutrition, a curious INTJ 🌸 www.24caratinc.io