Habits & Performance · Self
Flow & Deep Work
The psychology of total absorption and how to engineer it. Csikszentmihalyi's flow conditions, the challenge–skill balance, attention residue and switching costs, Cal Newport's deep work, and a practical system for long focused sessions.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Motivation & habits. Next: Willpower & self-control. Sources: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's *Flow* (1990) and TED talk (2004), Cal Newport's *Deep Work* (2016), Sophie Leroy (2009) on attention residue, Gloria Mark's interruption research.Next: 1. Flow