A flow state is the experience of being in the zone and fully immersed in an activity. They found that to achieve a state of flow, a task must be roughly 4% beyond your current ability.
The Goldilocks Rule: “Working on challenges of just manageable difficulty – something on the perimeter of your ability – seems crucial for maintaining motivation.
Improvement requires a delicate balance. You need to regularly search for challenges that push you to your edge while continuing to make enough progress to stay motivated. Behaviours need to remain new, unusual in order for them to stay attractive and satisfying.
