Engineer Your Focus: Practical Steps to Enter & Sustain Flow State

When was the last time you got so absorbed in your work that time disappeared?That's Flow State, the peak performance zone where tasks feel effortless, creativity flows, and your output boosts up to 500% without the usual exhaustion and burnout. It’s the powerful psychological phenomenon behind breakthroughs from Archimedes to Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater.Join Moah and Alex as they unravel the science of optimal experience: what happens in your brain, why it's so elusive in our interrupted world and what those interruptions are costing you (2.1 hours daily adding up to 5 work weeks a year).They will share actionable strategies to systematically create the conditions for 'Flow State’ that worked for them and their team; from setting up your personal "flow-prone" bubble to implementing company-wide initiatives like "Maker Time" and distraction-free hackathons.Tune in to reclaim your time, boost your output, and finally love your work again.Links from the show!Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://archive.org/details/flow-the-psychology-of-optimal-experience-pdfdriveFlow and work place burnout https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032717317822?via%3DihubGroup Genius: https://www.groupgenius.net/Infinite Work Day Microsoft Report https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workdayNeuro Imaging Study for Flow State https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2024/March/New-Neuroimaging-Study-Reveals-How-the-Brain-Achieves-a-Creative-Flow-StateMaker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule by Paul Graham https://paulgraham.com/makersschedule.htmlToolsBoomerang for Gmail boomeranggmail.comBoomerang for Outlook boomerangoutlook.comGot todos? Get GQueues gqueues.comPause your Inbox inboxpause.com

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Less Busy Lab is the productivity podcast for people who want to get the right things done and still feel calm when the laptop closes.Moah & Alex met at MIT and later went on to build Boomerang, the multi-million-dollar productivity suite used by millions while amassing more than a dozen patents on productivity technology.After fifteen years of leading an efficient team that consistently out-performs its size without burning out, they’ve learned that real productivity isn’t a single system or a 4am morning routine. Alongside parenting two energetic kids together, they continue to hack on their own productivity and enjoy reading research papers with a glass of wine after the kids go to bed.In each episode, they unpack the research behind focus, overwhelm, habit change, task management, and procrastination while sharing honest stories of the methods they’ve tried—what stuck, what flopped, and why. You’ll leave with practical, actionable tips to discover your own “productivity persona,” lift team performance, and feel less busy while getting more done.If you’re looking for thoughtful guidance on getting the right things done faster while feeling less busy, you’ll feel at home here.