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Flow Trigger Cheat Sheet: Psychological Triggers

This document outlines 18 psychological, environmental, social, and creative triggers that can induce a state of "flow" by optimizing challenge and skills. The triggers include: 1) intensely focused attention with clear goals and immediate feedback; 2) a rich environment that provides sensory overload and deep embodiment; 3) serious social interactions based on shared goals, communication, familiarity, and participation; and 4) engaging in creative thinking by finding new connections. Adopting these triggers may help optimize one's challenge-to-skill ratio to achieve an immersive flow state.

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Flow Trigger Cheat Sheet: Psychological Triggers

This document outlines 18 psychological, environmental, social, and creative triggers that can induce a state of "flow" by optimizing challenge and skills. The triggers include: 1) intensely focused attention with clear goals and immediate feedback; 2) a rich environment that provides sensory overload and deep embodiment; 3) serious social interactions based on shared goals, communication, familiarity, and participation; and 4) engaging in creative thinking by finding new connections. Adopting these triggers may help optimize one's challenge-to-skill ratio to achieve an immersive flow state.

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Flow Trigger Cheat Sheet

Psychological Triggers
- Singletask
1 – Intensely Focused Attention - 11/25-rule
- Tough deadlines
- Mastery goals
2 – Clear Goals - Small chunk
- 1 to 3 per day
- Identify feedback mechanisms
3 – Immediate Feedback - Reproduce
- Create
- 4%
4 – Challenge-to-Skill Ratio - Mastery goals
- Seek out challenges



Environmental Triggers
- Take small social risks
5 – High Consequences - Take responsibility
- Jump into deep water
- Sensory Information Overload
6 – Rich Environment - Concentration
- Creativity
- Total physical awareness
7 – Deep Embodiment - Roam around
- Get to know people

Social Triggers
- Full attention in the moment
8 – Serious Concentration - Look into the eyes
- Turn off your phone
- Leeway for creativity
9 – Shared and Clear Goals - Long term vision
- Short term goals
- Positivity
10 – Good Communication - Trust
- Look into everyone’s eyes

11 – Familiarity - Spend time together

- Build Trust
12 – Equal Participation - Help and mentor
- Growth mindset
- Create need for creativity
13 – Shared Risk - Accountability
- Burn bridges of retreat
- Everyone has a say
14 – Sense of Control - Control challenge level
- Trust others to do great
- Immersed in conversation
15 – Close Listening - No planned responses
- Paraphrase
- Build on ideas
16 – Always Saying Yes - Leave ego behind
- Solution orientation


The Creative Trigger


- Find new connections
17 – The Creative Trigger - Increase level of mastery
- Create


Bonus Trigger
- Rotate playlists
18 - Music - Instrumentals
- Music you enjoy!

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