Personal Growth

Unlock Your Daily Peak Performance

Move beyond mastering your time

Bill Abbate
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readOct 9, 2024

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We’ve all had moments when everything clicks, and tasks feel effortless. What if you could experience that more often? The secret isn’t better time management — it’s better energy management. Knowing when your energy is at its peak can unlock greater productivity and fulfillment. You can start making that shift today.

Flow

Using time wisely matters, but knowing when your energy is at its peak can lead to real productivity gains. Are you familiar with the term being in a state of flow? If not, perhaps you are familiar with being “in the zone,” which is synonymous.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who coined the concept of flow, described it perfectly:

“Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.”

Everyone experiences the state of flow at times, and some can tap into it more often. Flow happens when you enter an energized, focused mental state of being immersed in the moment, where time fades away and productivity soars. It can last for minutes or even hours.

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Bill Abbate
ILLUMINATION

Leadership Writer and Editor in ILLUMINATION, Leadership/Executive Coach, Author www.BillAbbate.com