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| − | <div class=teaser-text>When Self-actualization relates directly to learning this is an incredible feeling and a motivation to stay in this mental state of great excitement - a "flow". Flow is causing a feeling of self-efficacy and is motivating people to leave their comfort zones and face new challenges - a crucial aspect of voluntary civil engagement.. </div> | + | <div class=teaser-text>When learning relates directly to self-actucalization and successful doing this is an incredible feeling and a motivation to stay in this mental state of great excitement - a "flow". </div> |
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| − | M. Csíkszentmihályi examined the conditions of this “flow” experience. He identified that the ''challenges'' a person faces and his or her own ''abilities'' are in relation to each other responsible for a feeling of flow, boredom or feeling overstrained. If challenges and abilities are well balanced, a person acts with passion and without feeling like he or she is exerting tremendous effort. Creative activity, play, and elaborate rituals seem to stimulate and foster intrinsic motivation more than competitive ones. <ref name=flow>M. Csíkszentmihályi: Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play; 1975 San Francisco; p. 59</ref> | + | Flow is the state when persons are deep involved in an activity or learning, causing a feeling of self-efficacy, lowering the barreer to leave their [[Learning Zone|comfort zones]] towards new challenges. |
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| | + | M. Csíkszentmihályi examined the conditions of this “flow” experience. He identified that the ''challenges'' a person faces and his or her own ''abilities'' are in relation to each other responsible for a feeling of flow, boredom or feeling overstrained. If challenges and abilities are well balanced, a person acts with passion and without feeling like he or she is exerting tremendous effort. Creative activity, play, and elaborate rituals seem to stimulate and foster intrinsic motivation more than competitive ones.<ref name=flow>M. Csíkszentmihályi: Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play; 1975 San Francisco; p. 59</ref> |
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| − | Flow is produced by a host of changing variables. When we do something for the first time we feel excited. If we do it repeatedly, we feel secure. If we do it every day, there is a danger we will start to feel bored. Therefore, we have to be aware that activities that once produced flow may fail to have the same result in another situation. People need to learn about the causes of a flow and their contribution to it. The goal of reflection is here to enable people to find their healthy balance, being possible to work constantly in a motivated way and preventing a behavior similar to addiction, trying to increase the dose. A person who has been deprived of such “flow” activities might as well show symptoms that can include hunger, tiredness, sleepiness, sensitivity, and headaches. <ref name=MEN>N. Zimmermann: [https://civilresilience.net/de/mentoring-handbook/ Mentoring Handbook - Providing Systemic Support for Mentees and Their Projects]; Berlin 2012; MitOst; ISBN 978-3-944012-00-1</ref> | + | Flow is produced by a host of changing variables. When we do something for the first time we feel excited. If we do it repeatedly, we feel secure. If we do it every day, there is a danger we will start to feel bored. Therefore, we have to be aware that activities that once produced flow may fail to have the same result in another situation. |
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When learning relates directly to self-actucalization and successful doing this is an incredible feeling and a motivation to stay in this mental state of great excitement - a "flow".
Flow is the state when persons are deep involved in an activity or learning, causing a feeling of self-efficacy, lowering the barreer to leave their comfort zones towards new challenges.
M. Csíkszentmihályi examined the conditions of this “flow” experience. He identified that the challenges a person faces and his or her own abilities are in relation to each other responsible for a feeling of flow, boredom or feeling overstrained. If challenges and abilities are well balanced, a person acts with passion and without feeling like he or she is exerting tremendous effort. Creative activity, play, and elaborate rituals seem to stimulate and foster intrinsic motivation more than competitive ones.[1]
Range of FLOW
Flow is produced by a host of changing variables. When we do something for the first time we feel excited. If we do it repeatedly, we feel secure. If we do it every day, there is a danger we will start to feel bored. Therefore, we have to be aware that activities that once produced flow may fail to have the same result in another situation.
People need to learn about the causes of a flow and their contribution to it. The goal of reflection is to find their healthy balance, being able to work more constantly in a motivated way, while on the other hand identifying disfunctional or unbalanced behavior. A person who has been deprived of seeking “flow” activities could as well show symptoms that can include hunger, tiredness, sleepiness, sensitivity, and headaches...
References
- ↑ M. Csíkszentmihályi: Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play; 1975 San Francisco; p. 59
Related:
Mentoring Handbook
Providing Systemic Support for Mentees and Their Projects
MitOst editions, Berlin 2012, Online
