THE FLOW AXIS

MIND FLOW is about finding satisfaction while solving complex problems and thinking new ideas. You have the power to be highly focused if you are acting out of a powerful flow trigger called curiosity. When you are curious you don’t waste energy getting distracted or trying to focus because curiosity gives you focus for free and it can unfold into a passion.

So learning about flow itself is fundamental to give you awareness to recognise a flow experience and also create flow pockets by utilising flow primers, flow triggers and flow keepers to stay in flow for longer. MIND FLOW is also about learning how to learn faster to increase the amount of information you can gain from the ever changing environment, technological developments and trends.

YOU DROP IN FLOW BY CHANCE

Although entering the flow state is highly desirable, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the access to flow, as this is a new field of peak cognitive performance that is starting to be validated by science.

On average, knowledge workers spend only 5% of their time at work in flow, if they are luck enough, so most of the time they are distracted or on autopilot, performing way below their capabilities. 

This report will describe what are the characteristics of a flow experience so you can start noticing when you flow and it will show you that it is possible to design your life around flow and achieve what was once impossible in your career while improving life satisfaction.

THE INFINITE GAME

As you scored differently on the four styles of flow, our recommendation is that you develop a flow game by choosing new activities that you want to explore on each style to be able to apply the flow primers, flow triggers and flow keepers. 

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is considered the godfather of flow and he created the skill and challenge square that shows that even for the styles of flow that you scored high, to achieve flow you will need to do something difficult but possible to stretch your abilities without snapping. As you can see, to enter in flow you will be psychologically challenged without getting either too anxious or too in control or bored. For this reason we have four lists of suggested activities that have various degrees of difficulty to suit your actual level of competency.

There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though Nothing is a Miracle.

The other is as though Everything is a Miracle.

- Albert Einstein 

THE FLOW GAME

While in FLOW you Play a Game of doing something difficult and possible.

Your sense of time disappears.

You forget yourself.

You feel part of something larger.

PHYSICAL AMPLIFICATION

FLOW

• Increases strength
• Increases stamina
• Increases persistence
• Increases fast-twitch muscle response
• Deadens pain

WHEN RESOURCES ARE SCARCE YOU:

Fight over dwindling resources.

Flee to avoid becoming somebody else's resources.

Get Creative to cooperate to Innovate to create more resources.

The word flow was mostly used by action and adventure sports athletes, who routinely and loudly proclaim that without flow they cannot do their jobs. Members of US Special Forces also rely on flow to perform as individuals and as a group. Artist trust on getting into flow to create or present their creations.

What is fascinating is that creativity is a skill that is almost impossible to be taught, but can be unlocked by people that enter in the zone, and often times the brand new idea happens when you are not working at the problem. You might remember that the theory of gravity was envisioned while Sir Isaac Newton was hit by an apple while walking in nature, Archimedes' legendary ‘Eureka!’ moment happened while taking a bath in a tub, and Steve Jobs favourite way to hold a meeting was a walk meeting.

You are probably reading this test results to improve cognitive peak performance so it is fundamental to understand that the synergy to break records or to win Nobel Prizes is deeply connected to uniting body and mind at such a high level that we call it Divine Flow. Studies by the Flow Research Collective and Harvard Review demonstrate that flow can boost creativity by between 230 and 700%. It also makes a lot of sense to think that entering this altered state of consciousness is key to most insights, breakthroughs and discoveries.

INSIGHT FLOW is active and quiet which means that it is connected to performing an activity that involves your body and very little verbal communication. 

It could manifest while finding the solution to the problem you've been working for days while walking to get your car or while taking a shower.

The INSIGHT FLOW is also linked to mastering the exercise of your choice that can go from radical sports to yoga, Tai Chi or even a wide variety of meditation styles. 

Deliberate practice can free the monkey mind and liberate unconscious thinking while active. It can also be a fundamental piece of the puzzle in the flow cycle at the Release Phase. 

A flow cycle has four phases and it starts with the struggle phase which might involve research, repetitive tasks, confusion and random sparks of inspiration. Then you have the release phase, where you take your mind out of the problem and rest your conscious mind while your unconscious is working. The release phase precedes a broad flow experience and it could be to engage on a practice of structured physical activity.

If you learn how to heighten the challenge and skill balance in the right way, you will be deliberately creating the circumstances to enter in the zone. 

By learning how to gamify the process you will start expanding your experimentation and will create the ideal scenario for flow to manifest.

MIND FLOW is mental and quiet which means that it is linked to performing an activity that involves intellectual pursuits in a solo pursuit.

It is comprised of high focus activities on the continuous loop of learning, improving and sharing. This style of flow is related to creativity, innovation and abstraction. Maybe you feel a deep connection to the world but lack more intense personal interaction as you live most of your days in your mind. 

If you are more of a creative type you will understand the benefits of structuring your day around flow, creating discipline to avoid waiting for inspired moments or invoke your muse to help you develop your writing projects or artistic skills. 

Flow can become more achievable if you plan to achieve it and create routines. Some of the primers and triggers that will help you on your quest for flow are the search for novelty and creativity that can build momentum and guide you towards transcendence.

A powerful flow trigger is curiosity and it can bring effortless focus to your life and your career without having to demand that your brain focuses on a certain project. When you add experimentation to the process you trigger the risk factor that can help you enormously to achieve flow. For example if you are curious about meditation practices and you decide to try some of them you will risk failure, boredom and wasting time, so if on top of that you decide to spend money to learn you will become even more focused because not wasting money will raise your interest in succeeding and enhance flow. 

Discover Your Flow State Scorecard assessment had many questions about your preferential ways of learning and also enquired about the number of books you read per year. No mater if you read two or 15 non-fiction books in the last 12 months, we investigate and test the best ways to help you stay engaged with learning to be able to foresee trends, became a change agent and disrupt your market.

READING IN FLOW & DIAMONDS

The most powerful tool to learn and go deeper on any field of knowledge is the skill of blasting through books with confidence which is represented by a diamond at the very bottom of your spinning top. It will diminish friction and make you spin faster.

On our programmes we initially focus on coaching people how to start READING IN FLOW, to develop their focus and reading speed to enter in flow and ignite their passion for reading books. Audio books are excellent but they are passive as you wait for the information to come to you in a certain order. READING IN FLOW is active and the better you learn how to change gears to speed up and slow down, the best your flexibility to skip around to find what is relevant to you and ignore much of the padding. 

HUMANS IN FLOW is an EdTech company and by working with GeniusU we are supporting people to find their strength, get in flow, grow personally and create successful businesses. 

Make learning a life long passion and you will see your career being reshaped as you narrow down your niche, or become an entrepreneur, join an entrepreneur on a side project or become a successful investor.

We believe that you build passions by finding the intersection of curiosity and experimentation. You will have a pathway to start researching areas of interest and settling on an interesting activity based on our 300+ suggestions for your flow expansion. You will structure a mini-challenge that will create a mini-flow cycles and you will learn a lot about flow in the process. 

CONNECT FLOW is mental and loud, which means that it is linked to performing an activity that involves intellectual pursuits with full-on communication and feedback. 

By being interactive you are focused on the continuous loop of learning and teaching. Many people are professional teachers that repeat themselves endlessly without experiencing much flow. But if you teach what you want to learn you will be risking your reputation as you enter unknown territory which is a powerful flow trigger. The brain spends high amounts of energy to focus but when you are curious about something you get focused for free, which means that you can enter in the zone without having to force yourself to focus, and if you know how to harness your curiosity you will be creating and developing your passion. 

You might be finding flow while tutoring, coaching, teaching or presenting on a big stage, which explains why so many introverts can step on a stage in front of thousands

EXPRESS FLOW is active and loud which means that it is connected to performing an activity that involves your body, full-on communication and feedback. 

As it is interactive it is primarily connected with beauty and fun. For example, romance and seduction can bring you flow and even before you have any interaction with your crush or loved one you probably entered in flow while preparing yourself to go out by buying outfits or grooming yourself. 

You could have had a challenging week at work and suddenly the phone rings and a friend invites you to an exciting gathering. In a mater of seconds your mood changes, you feel inspired to finish a report before leaving the office and preparing yourself for an event that will happen within a week. Serendipity might start to happen as you prepare a little speech, research about the people that will attend the event and even enter in the zone for hours on end while gathering your thoughts to improve your website as it can play a crucial role when you meet all those influencers at the event and life will never be the same. The phone call you received was embedded with flow triggers like novelty, high consequences and creativity.

Your spinning top cannot spin floating in the air, if you want to manifest the impossible in your world. You need to manifest extra time to generate more flow in your life.

To find balance while introducing all your dream activities into your 7-Day Challenge you need to take something away from your routine to stay motivated and able to create many flow pockets during your day.

To materialise all the actions that you can introduce into your life you need more time in your day, so HOLIDAY FLOW creates this time and functions as the receptacle of the spinning top's diamond.

As you are introducing new activities in your 7-Day Challenge, and you don’t want to be overloaded with too much to do, we've created the concept of HOLIDAY FLOW so you will develop the perspective to stop doing certain activities that are part of your routine to find the necessary balance in your life as you include new activities in your days. You will start noticing that if you plan not to watch the news twice a week you will create two extra hours that can be used to play your infinite game and your life will not be affected by the withdraw of that particular habit. 

HOLIDAY FLOW is a flow paradox because it causes flow indirectly and also makes you wake up for the choices you are making unconsciously.

I’m sure that you could stop for two days any of these activities without a strong drawback or withdraw symptoms. Think of stopping with movies for two days, no news, not watching sports or soap operas on TV, or perhaps no TV at all for two days. No alcohol or perhaps no pornography for two days will give you extra energy to dedicate to more fulfilling activities.

The list is endless and you usually don’t even think of stopping any of these activities because it doesn’t have a time frame attached to it. The moment you decide on not doing something for a certain number of days during your 7-Day Challenge the motivation immediately arises, specially if you have a coach or an accountability buddy to keep you on track and detox your mind.

Entering in flow has a side effect that I call GIFTED FLOW which is manifested by receiving meaningful gifts like a karmic response for all the good things you’ve been doing while pursuing your Massively Transformative Purpose. It is also the development of the ability to notice serendipity happening in your life. 

Serendipity is not only a sign that you’ve learned how to tap into higher energy levels, it opens your perception to start searching for synchronicities and this attitude produces lateral thinking and boost creativity, as you start connecting old ideas in new ways and produce even more breakthroughs.

Being grateful is a powerful flow primer. As you recognise how lucky and abundant you are the more goodness comes to you.

GIFTED FLOW is represented here by the Torus continuous vertical movement of energy creation that links back to Einstein’s insight that 'There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.’

The highest expression of flow is named GOLD FLOW as it combines all the flow you can achieve.

GOLD FLOW is represented by the combination of the Torus which is the mathematical fingerprint of God, the singularity and total perfection with your spinning top and your commitments.

The Torus is the key of vortex based mathematics which is the representation of the universes that we can conceive with our infinite imagination, which is magic by default. 

As you can see, now it is all down to you to make magic happen!