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By Williams, Larry D

Publication: The Agricultural Education Magazine

Date: Sunday, January 1 2006

What is Flow?

The idea of experiencing this optimal level of enjoyment is best explained through the research of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his theory of flow.

Flow is "the state in which people are so involved  in an activity

that nothing else seems to matter;

the experience is so enjoyable

that people will do it

even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it" (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990, p. 4).

This basically implies that when an individual is in the flow of something, at that precise moment in time nothing else matters because they are so intrinsically engaged in the activity or task.

An example of this can be observed with athletes and artists as they are considered to be in the "zone" where all of the focus is on completing a goal.

It's at this moment of flow that individuals are said to function at their fullest capacity. During this time, the individual in not concerned with gratification because the level of enjoyment serves as the ultimate reward

(DeCharms, 1968; Deci, 1975). ||

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