Some people refer to this as being “in the zone.”įlow state was popularized by positive psychologists Mihaly “I don’t know his name” (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) and Jeanne Nakamura, which they describe as a very strong sense of focus that leads to a sense of ecstasy and clarity, where you know exactly what you want to do from one moment to the other. You are completely immersed in the task-at-hand with seemingly effortless momentum. It is a sense of fluidity where you are totally absorbed by and deeply focused on something, beyond the point of distraction. Many of you have probably experienced flow state at some point. I will explain briefly what flow state is, how to get into a flow state every single day, and how it can massively accelerate your overall productivity as a software engineer. In the world of productivity systems, this is called the “flow-state”. This is when you need to have a clear mind and a natural rhythm, where your knowledge, motivations, and concentration all perfectly align. ![]() Because if you think of it, the actual work - coding, designing or whatever that may be - gets done in blocks of a few hours every single day. As software engineers, short-term productivity is as important, if not more important than long-term productivity. While there is so much conversation around long-term productivity, the likes of planning, scheduling, organization, task decomposition and time-blocking, there isn’t much information in regards to short-term productivity. Productivity can be largely divided into two types: short-term and long-term. As software engineers, we all aspire to become as productive as we can, so that we get the most done in the least amount of time.
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