Flow - Your Superpower

I read Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced mihai chick-sent-mi-hah-yee)'s book, Flow, when I was in my late 20s. I felt two emotions.

Happiness. At finding words that described a feeling I'd never put into words.

Surprise. That other people did not exist in this state!

A large chunk of the book was Mihaly giving practical (and good) tips for people to enter the state of flow. Which humoured me, like someone telling me how to take a bath.

Since then I've discovered, through observation, that I'm not unique. Indeed, being in flow states is a common characteristic of the people I enjoy working with.

And conversely, the people I don't enjoy being around have never experienced flow.

I lived in this binary subdivision until a conversation one day with my mother. She has directed many schools, some…