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Being in Flow
Today I share with you one of the ultimate flow moments in my life so far, one, where I was so deep in “the zone” for hours that astonishing things happened.
Through this, I hope this helps you reflect on when and how you experience both “flow moments” and being “in the zone”
The London heatwave and the Thunderstorm
It has been hot in London the last week. Record-breaking hot, six days in a row with temperatures well above 30 (in the 90s, for American readers, and yes, remember nobody has AC in London!), with millions crying out for a thunderstorm to break the heatwave in this normally temperate region.
So, last Thursday I had a game of golf booked, so I jokingly predicted that as soon as I reached the part of the golf course most distant from the clubhouse, the torrential downpour would start.
The really odd thing is, I was certain it would happen, then it did.
At 3:30pm, having completed only 5 of the 18 holes of the round of golf, at a point on the heathland course about as far as we could get from the clubhouse, the ominous thunder we had been hearing turned into a torrential storm.
Musing on Flow
As the rain grew further in intensity, our group of three hid under some trees for what turned out to be about half an hour waiting for the…