Short YouTube video by James Laughlin giving three practical tips to increase the odds of entering a flow state: (1) set aside a significant block of time to work on one task, (2) choose goals that are personally meaningful so attention engages, and (3) push to the edge of your abilities (challenging but not overwhelming).
If you want to maximize your chances of getting into flow, there's no guarantee, but you can really increase the odds by doing three things. Firstly, you need to set aside a significant amount of time to do one thing. If you're trying to do two, three, four, five things at the same time, you'll never get into flow. Secondly, you need to make sure that that goal you're trying to pursue is meaningful to you. Right? Attention evolved to attach to meaning. The more meaningful something is to you, the more likely you are to flow into it. We can come back to that if you like. And the third third way when I first learned it to me anyway, a bit counterintuitive. It helps if you push yourself to the edge of your abilities, but not beyond them.
