The Productivity-Sapping internal denial of service attack

In his seminal work, ‘Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience‘, Mihaly Csíkszentmihalyi (1990) argues that individuals achieve peak productivity when immersed in a state of ‘flow’ – a profound concentration and focus on the task at hand.  This state, often colloquially known as being ‘in the zone,’ is intrinsically linked to motivation and a deep […]