Floe is a state of total absorption and inactivity, where you get so immersed that you lose track of all your surroundings. When i read floe, right afterward my sister made me read the first three harry potter books. I got so, so absorbed in that world that i forgot that there was no platform nine and three quarters. That's floe. But a flow state for me was, it's what i loved about everything that i spent my free time on. It's why i loved playing video games. It'swhy i had so much fun playing ultimate frisby. And even what i found when i was writing and oen i realized, way te these
Psychologist and writer Adam Grant used every second of his day to the fullest... until he was struck by feelings of emptiness and stagnation. His sleep patterns changed, his productivity dipped, he found himself breaking his own rules by aimlessly watching Netflix. Adam decided this listless middle ground between depression and flourishing was "languishing" and he needed to escape it fast.
The author of the #1 NYT bestselling book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (www.adamgrant.net/thinkagain), and host of TED's Work Life podcast (https://tedtalks.social/WLAdam) says we ignore this "meh" feeling at our peril and explains how he fought back against languishing...with a game of Mario Kart.
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