Lesson 3 - Happiness DNA DQ2 "Where Do I Experience FLOW?"

"Life Scene Investigation and this class uses DNA both as a scientific reality but also as a way to describe who you are. DNA is a code with defined elements called alleles. Those alleles are the differences which define your uniqueness. There are certain characteristics you possess that define your potential. We are born with certain things that cannot be changed. We are also our own history – Nurture. All those forces, experiences and people who influence our lives. We call this Nature and Nurture.

The FLOW ICON.

Whenever you see this ICON ask yourself, “Do I experience FLOW when I am doing this activity?”

Rajesh Munshi – Director IXP Microsoft

“I really enjoyed the Evidence Discovery Questions and the simplicity with which they designed. I really agree with the concept of “Flow” you highlighted – it’s so necessary. Discovering Flow in your life and work makes all the difference in the world.

“I found “The DNA Code: The Forensics of Purpose-Passion-Performance” by Mark R Demos to be very thought-provoking.”

Happiness DNA's most perfect description is the psychological experience of FLOW!

When people are education on FLOW and they understand what the FLOW Formula is, that becomes the one experience they seek more than any other. To be able to experience FLOW more regularly means we have found a place where we are honestly and truly happy.

Let's explore FLOW, describe it and then look at how FLOW is discovered and experienced.

FLOW is a psychological state that is described with the following elements being present:

Feeling Strong
Feeling Alert
Feeling in Effortless Control
A Sense of Performing at Peek Performance
A Sense that Times Flies
A Place Where Emotional Problems Disappear
An Inner Conviction of Being Born to Do This

Other phrases that describe FLOW

Engagement – Work
Etat de grace – State of Grace
Pleasure of God (Chariots of Fire – Movie)
In the Zone – Sports
Sweet Spot

The FLOW Formula

Low Talent + High Challenge = Anxiety (LT + HC = Anxiety)

There are certain classes, subjects, activities, situations that because you simply do not have the innate Talent to do them well, will always make you anxious. What you do not have does not make you a bad person or weak.

The most important focus of your life is to discover your Talents. Your greatest potential for growth development and happiness is to discover, develop and give your Talents to others.

Understanding you will never be Exceptional at certain actions or pave the same motivational drivers as others is a way to gain great freedom to live who you really are! Gallup have a wonderful saying. “When you Maximize Strengths you Minimize Weaknesses”.

High Talent + Low Challenge = Boredom (HT + LC = Boredom)

Have you ever thought why you just don’t care? Have you been in a situation, class, on the field in a group and it doesn’t seem to matter.

There are also times when we make stupid mistakes and they are stupid because what we are doing is easy. Often it is because your Talent is an 84% level and the challenge, test, material level, teacher’s ability is below a 50% level.

When Talent is not met with an equal of greater Challenge than your Talent capacity, it often means you need to find a better team, harder classes and a greater Challenge.

High Talent + High Challenge = FLOW (HT + HC = FLOW)

Discovering Talent using the SPIES model means that you can and will experience FLOW when engaged in actions and activities where you possess unique individual Talent.

Some people can experience FLOW doing Algebra equations and others while on stage in acting class. Some while helping other students navigate the campus and others on the basketball court. You might feel FLOW gardening, taking photographs, caring for patients in Emergency Care, building a house. It just takes your Talent being given a challenge and you going for it.

Identifying FLOW is a powerful indication that you have the evidence of Talent in that area of your life.

Remember, for you to find a career and job that you love and will ultimately make you flourish in life, demands you identify where you experience FLOW and make deliberate choices fill your life with Talent challenging options and actions.

Integration Exercises

Which of the descriptions of FLOW do you like the best?
Where have you most frequently experience FLOW in your life?
When was the last time time flew by when you were doing something? What were you doing.
What unique Talent have you identified as being the element that was challenged when you experienced FLOW most frequently?
When have you observed FLOW in someone else? What were they doing
Have you experienced FLOW with someone who is close to you? What were you doing?
Where do you experience FLOW most often at school or work?

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Integration Exercises

Which of the descriptions of FLOW do you like the best?

Where have you most frequently experience FLOW in your life?

When was the last time time flew by when you were doing something? What were you doing.

What unique Talent have you identified as being the element that was challenged when you experienced FLOW most frequently?

When have you observed FLOW in someone else? What were they doing

Have you experienced FLOW with someone who is close to you? What were you doing?

Where do you experience FLOW most often at school or work?