Flow happens when time, energy, and focus align. The speaker refuses to work without all three, even if it means doing less, because productivity without flow doesn't count.
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Flow for me is the same as success. So am I working on something purposeful? And have I, have I brought my 3 greatest resources together, which is time, energy, and focus? So that's what flow is, doing purposeful work when you have the time, you have the energy, and you have the focus, and you're applying those 3 things. We can't— I don't think that you can achieve it without all 4 of those things coming together, honestly. You can be productive, or you can be hardworking, or you can get get shit done, but I don't think you can achieve flow without those 4 things. So that's what I try and bring together as often as possible. And I will, I'll sacrifice a lot of work time if those, if those 4 things aren't together, at least time, energy, and focus.