While flow state is considered exploratory, clutch state is about the outcome of your effort, i.e. The first is what we’ve discussed so far, the flow state, and then there’s ‘ clutch state’ which is a more forced approach to deep work.Ĭlutch state can happen when you’re working to a strict deadline or trying to beat a personal best, to speak in Swann’s sports terms.
Swann’s research shows that there are two ways to be ‘in the zone’. “When you’re in a flow state, exercise can feel a lot less physically demanding… It’s a feeling of effortlessness and confidence,” he says. While working on a presentation isn’t exactly the same as running a marathon, there’s a lot of crossovers between the physical and mental flow states, says Swann. He has interviewed athletes in several sports to find out how flow state affects them. It can feel even more elusive when you’re working from home, surrounded by distracting housemates, children, pets or neighbours who decided to do renovations in the middle of lockdown (hey, I’m trying to focus here!).Ĭhristian Swann, Associate Professor at Southern Cross University, studies the psychology of high performance in sport. It’s a utopian work mindset, but it’s not easy to achieve. You become more productive and the serotonin you gain from getting stuff done, combined with the sense of effortlessness felt about your work, makes you happy. When you’re in the flow state, work feels easy. “Flow is that elusive state of absorption in a meaningful challenge… where your sense of time, place and self melts away,” Grant writes. In his seminal New York Times op-ed, Psychologist and Podcaster Adam Grant talks about how the cure for languishing – not suffering but not thriving either – could be found in something called the ‘flow state’. How on earth can you get into the flow state in this environment? HRM asks an expert. The cat wants to be fed, and your partner is having a very loud phone conversation.
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