Actually, flow — the state of “effortless effort” — was coined by Goethe, from the German “rausch”, a dizzying sort of ecstasy.
Friedrich Nietzsche and psychologist William James both considered the flow state in depth, but social theorist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, is the true giant in the field.
~ from, How to Enter a ‘Flow State’ on Command: Peak Performance Mind Hack Explained in 7 Minutes
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A tidy tour of the history and current status of what we know about flow state.
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