I love watching people do what they are best at. A person in flow makes the work look effortless. Of course, it often takes hours of training to master a craft to reach a flow state, but not always.
An expert musician, to me, is the quintessential example of the joy of someone in flow.
I just rewatched Soul (a Pixar movie about jazz and what happens before and after our time on earth with music by Jon Batiste…please see it if you have not!) The credits cite YoYo Ma. Of course they do!
He talks about how he finds the right flow state in an interview with Adam Grant. The key is light concentration. I resonate with that. The activities I find flow in have the perfect balance of light concentration and require some mastery.
Where do you find flow?
