How does flow relate to other positive psychology concepts, such as strengths, values, and purpose?

The balance between challenge and skill is of utmost importance and often doesn't get enough attention in brief conversations about flow. Challenge >> low opportunity to build skill --> overwhelm Skill >> insufficient challenge --> boredom This is especially important for leaders/managers to understand as we grow teams and empower them to thrive. Also, we habituate with time, so what was sufficient challenge yesterday may invite boredom today. Constantly seeking opportunities for growth and meeting those challenges will create cultures with flow that grows and evolves with the team.

A experiência de fluir, ou seja o FLOW, é também definida por Mihaly como uma "imersão completa no que se faz, e por uma consequente perda do sentido de espaço e tempo". Em outras palavras, é sentir-se completamente envolvido enquanto desempenha uma atividade. É o famoso nem "vi o tempo passar."

O flow é aquele estado de fusão completa com a atividade, que nos proporciona um prazer enorme. Pode ocorrer em qualquer área da nossa vida. NO trabalho, quando cantamos, dançamos, pintamos, fazemos qualquer atividade que nos dá prazer, temos habilidades para desempenhar e há desafio. O desafio deve ser aderente a competência.

Der Begriff Flow stammt von dem ungarisch-amerikanischen Psychologen Mihály Csíkszentmihályi und bezeichnet einen „fokussierten Bewusstseinszustand völliger Hingabe mit verminderter Wahrnehmung des eigenen Selbst und der Zeit aufgrund einer optimalen Beanspruchung der eigenen Fähigkeiten“ (Myers, 2014, S. 892). Im Flow sein bedeutet (Bannink, 2012), dass eine Person ganz in ihrer Beschäftigung aufgeht, ein Ziel bei der Aktivität verfolgt und hoch konzentriert und voller Energie daraufhin arbeitet. Die Person wird wie von einem Fluss davon getragen. Sie vergisst dabei sich selbst und verliert jegliches Zeitgefühl. Durch ihr Tun bekommt sie eine unmittelbare Rückmeldung über den Erfolg oder Misserfolg ihrer Aktivität und kann sie korrigieren.

Conhecer as minhas forças me ajudou e me ajuda muito a alcançar meus objetivos. Quando fiz o teste VIA fiquei surpresa com as minhas forças de assinatura (cinco primeiras forças). A partir daí ao me engajar em algum projeto sempre avalio a aderência ao meu propósito e como as minhas forças pode ser empregues para que eu seja bem sucedida.

Learning to play to your unique combination of strengths both when life is good and when life is challenging can boost resilience and flow. There are 24 VIA strengths so mathematically your order of strengths from 1 to 24 is likely uniquely yours in this world of billions of people! Realizing that, when you choose to lean into your strengths, you bring your best self into any room and empower others to do the same. Free self assessment is here https://www.viacharacter.org/account/register and takes ~20 minutes. Also note all 24 are your strengths, some top strengths and some lesser, but all strengths (no weaknesses!) meaning even the lesser strengths can be cultivated / improved with effort.

Your strengths are, in its basic form, what you are good at. Your strengths keep changing over time. For example, at the start of your career, you may be good at finishing simple tasks at a slower pace. As you progress through your career, you may get good at finishing complicated task at a much faster pace. You may also get good at helping others in their tasks. Knowing your strengths and playing to it is an important part of creating an optimal flow for yourself.

“Our Talents give us the energy and strength to achieve our goals and objectives in life . When we put them into practice we feel fulfilled and alive and when we used them to serve others they give purpose to our lives. For a talent to grow into a strength it must first be discovered “ Copyright Cristina Palmer

You are more likely to attain a state of flow when you possess domain expertise. Now, mental flexibility can assist with that. Flexible people are more likely to see connections between diverse situations.

Flow can be created only when you play to your strengths and are mild to moderately challenged. If the task at hand is too simple for your strength level, you will get bored and cannot get into a flow. If its too complicated, you will be more anxious, will struggle to progress and therefore cannot get into a flow. Therefore, understanding what your strengths are, how the task at hand play into your strengths, how they push the boundaries of your strength is very important. In a group setting, understanding the strength level of each person in the group, along with overall strength of the group is important to get the whole group into a flow.

Der Begriff Wert stammt aus der Philosophie und beschreibt „etwas Wünschenswertes oder Erstrebenswertes“ (Frey et al., 2016, S. 7). Unter Werten ist ein Bezugssystem zu verstehen, das Menschen hilft, eine grobe Ausrichtung ihres Lebens vorzunehmen. Es hilft ihnen bei der Beantwortung der Frage, welche Art von Leben sie führen möchten. Werte sind Standards oder Kriterien, die Handlungen und Prozesse der Beurteilung, der Einstellungsbildung, der Argumentation, des Hinterfragens und der Ursachenzuschreibung steuern (Hauke, 2001). Dadurch helfen Werte Komplexität zu reduzieren und führen dazu, dass Menschen sich im Alltag besser zurecht finden. Sie sind im Unterbewusstsein verankert und ermöglichen so eine schnelle Informationsverarbeitung.

Values are the core beliefs that you adhere to. It transcends your work and personal life. It applies in all aspects of your life. If your value is quality, then the task you complete has good quality, you have quality interaction with your peers and family, you bring quality to your every day! You may have more than one value - 'Do no evil', 'Be kind', 'sustainability' may all be some values that you live by. In a group setting, not everyone in the group may have the same value, but a basic understanding of each other's values and a respect for each other's values are important.

Values are things that matter to you, and they guide your decisions and behaviors. Flow can increase when you do things that matter to you because it is connected to your heart. Those activities can become easier, more enjoyable, and natural, allowing you to use more of your instincts and talents.

Values will also shape our intrinsic motivation, and activities and goals for which we have intrinsic motivation are much more likely to lead us to flow.

Lets start with an example here. When you are doing a task, your value will determine how or when you complete that task. If you value quality of work, then a task is complete according to you only when you achieve the quality you are happy with. If you value customer success, you will consider a task complete when you have provided the best outcome to your customer. You can be in a flow, when you can get immediate progress feedback in what you are doing. What constitutes as progress depends on your values. In a group setting, as individual values may be different, its important to give clarity on what values you will adhere to as a group ahead of time.

Purpose can also be derived from pain, from the way you've chosen to make meaning out of your challenges and then connecting them to improving similar situations for others. From identifying problems you have faced and choosing to focus on solutions. Patient advocacy, for example, enables those navigating health journeys to identify ways to improve the process for others - and in doing so find purpose in their own serious health challenges. Truly win-win in the most meaningful ways.

Quando você se move pelo seu propósito, as atividades fazem sentido, o envolvimento aumenta, bem como a motivação facilitando o estado de flow. Flow, propósito, forças e valores andam juntos. Seu propósito está alinhado e em consonância com seus valores, e ambos facilitam o flow. O uso das forças é o alicerce desse processo.

Your purpose is also connected with your passion. Since flow requires a strong sense of self, interest, and enjoyment, purpose and passion can trigger it. Purpose and passion help you create a sense of belonging in the world because what you do matters, and you contribute to a better society. As humans, one of our hierarchy needs is belonging. In return, it will also increase your flow state so that you can continue to create meaningful activities.

Mindfulness is another positive psychology concept strongly related to flow - it is a similar state of mind, but less goal-oriented. Working on our mindfulness abilities will be a strong contributor to our ability to experience flow, as it will strengthen our focus and concentration (an important prerequisites to flow).