"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You may have heard the term “flow state” from big wave surfers, symphony performers, or chess players.

The hill was called Jacob’s Ladder, and I'd been dreading it all morning. Notorious among Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, the Ladder is a section of the trail in western North Carolina that ascends ...

Have you ever done a tricky but doable task — say a puzzle — and felt intense engagement, absorption, and enjoyment? If so, you’ve experienced a flow state. If this sounds familiar, you’re in good ...

Every founder, CEO or entrepreneur has heard and likely experienced “being in the zone,” where concentration, clarity and effortless productivity “flow.” It’s the opposite of stress or the daily grind ...

Have you ever found yourself so immersed in a task that everything around you seemed to fade into the background, a zen-like focus getting you so “in the zone” that time stood still. Science has long ...

If you want to do more, learn more, and gain more, you might want to think like surfer. Surfing is a 1,000-year-old sport, and 20 years ago the biggest wave ever ridden was 25 feet. Today surfers push ...

UNC students spin cloth stars on the Quad, practicing meditation through a Flow Art discipline known as Flow Star.

Gamers say they experience a state of relaxed focus while playing video games. Note these ideas to replicate this sense of flow at work. Do you know that feeling you get when you are totally absorbed ...