-
1. Clear Goals
- 1. Goals are apparent
- 2. Mini-Goals
- 3. Clarity of Goals
-
2. Immediate Feedback
- 1. Clarity of feedback is essential to keep you focused
- 2. If you don’t know how well you’re doing it’s hard to keep concentrating.
-
3. Challenges are Matched
- 1. You can succeed.
- 2. Your Opponent/Partner is Balanced
- 3. Goldilocks Challenge
- 4. Grows on you and can become Addictive
-
4. Single Focus - No Split Attention
- 1. Inner Harmony
- 2. Zen
-
5. Mundane Life Problems Disappear
- 1. Escape to Play
- 2. Feeling of Relief
- 3. Being Present
-
6. You Feel in Control on the Edge
- 1. Comfortable on the Edge
- 2. Competent on the Edge
- 3. Matched to Skills/Challenge
-
7. Ego is lost
- 1. No Self Consciousness
- 2. No Self Monitoring
- 3. No Defensiveness
- 4. Transcendence - Beyond yourself
- 5. Transcendence as a Team
- 6. Paradox of Flow: Increased Self Esteem upon Self Reflection (so cool…)
-
8. Time is Transformed
- 1. Hours to Minutes…
- 2. Seconds to Minutes
- 3. Time Adapts to the Experience