Mastering Flow: Perform Better, Experience More Joy, and Live a Happier Life - Softcover

Salzgeber, Nils

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3952506958 ISBN 13: 9783952506950

Publisher: Nils Salzgeber, 2024

Synopsis

“When you get in that zone, it’s just this supreme confidence; you know it’s going in. It’s not a matter of if… it’s just that it’s going in… and you just have supreme confidence…” —Kobe Bryant, basketball legend.

From top athletes and successful coaches to world-class creatives, famous artists, and major companies like Toyota, Patagonia, and Ericsson—they are all singing the praises of flow.

Flow is the state of total absorption in an activity. Everything feels smooth and fluent, easy and effortless. You feel confident and in total control. Freed from worries and self-doubts, you’re able to perform to the best of your ability. Flow is special because it combines high enjoyment with high performance.

Decades of research have shown that flow holds the key to peak performance, skill development, and well-being—that’s why flow is sought after by high performers all over the world. As Nils Salzgeber puts it: Fulfilling your potential depends on your ability to experience flow.

Mastering Flow takes you on a groundbreaking exploration into the fascinating world of flow and shows you how to experience this elusive state with greater ease and frequency.

You’ll learn:

• Part 1: The Basics—Discover how flow is defined, when and where it happens, personality traits that support or hinder your ability to experience flow, the neuroscience of flow, and much more.

• Part 2: The Benefits and Risks—Flow is powerful, but it’s neither good nor bad in an absolute sense. Discover the many benefits of flow – performance, creativity, confidence, etc. – and its dangers.

• Part 3: Making it Happen—Your toolkit. Discover mindsets, routines, and habits that facilitate flow. Learn how to structure your life, tweak your surroundings, and manage your thoughts and emotions. The promise is simple: Apply what you learn and you’ll experience more flow.

By unlocking flow, Mastering Flow promises to help you feel and perform better, fulfill your potential, and find lasting happiness.

About this title

About the Author

Nils Salzgeber is a #1 bestselling author and co-founder of NJlifehacks, a platform dedicated to optimizing well-being through the integration of ancient wisdom and modern science. His latest book, Mastering Flow, is the result of a rigorous four-year investigation into the science of flow. With hundreds of scholarly citations, this meticulously researched book can be regarded as the most comprehensive and practical guide on flow in the 2020s. It offers readers a wealth of actionable strategies grounded in cutting-edge research. Nils resides in Thun, Switzerland

Edition details

• Publisher: Nils Salzgeber
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3952506958
• ISBN 13: 9783952506950
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328