Flow is the Opiate of the Mediocore(calnewport.com)

29 pointsby jinfiesto15 anni fa3 comments

http://calnewport.com/blog/2011/12/23/flow-is-the-opiate-of-the-medicore-advice-on-getting-better-from-an-accomplished-piano-player/

3 comments

waqf15 anni fa

I don't think that what is being condemned here is flow.

When I used to practice the piano several hours a day I was in flow, but I wasn't running through my pieces. Flow was what made me able to play through the same measure thirty times in succession, stop and think about what I needed to do differently, then play it through thirty more times, without losing my concentration.

Dylan1680715 anni fa

Playing through is not difficult enough to be flow. The article has valid advice but it's nothing new and the title is wrong.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Challenge...

Todd15 anni fa

This article is focused on practice and growth. There's a distinction between the work required for improvement and the state required for productivity. To me, flow is more about productivity.