This seems to be the underlying model for a techniquelet I’ve used with varying degrees of success. Basically after being extremely productive, I try to memorize the way it felt when I was doing it. That way when I need to be productive in a similar situation, I can try to become that version of me again. I’ve found this often gets me better results than trying to duplicate the environment that led to the original burst of productivity, since ultimately the only point of that is to invoke this state anyway.
Caveat: The base rate of success in this situation is pretty mediocre. The times when it most consistently works is when I use the memorized feeling of being highly productive to motivate performing a series of actions that basically begin an avalanche, and after a while flow kicks in.
This seems to be the underlying model for a techniquelet I’ve used with varying degrees of success. Basically after being extremely productive, I try to memorize the way it felt when I was doing it. That way when I need to be productive in a similar situation, I can try to become that version of me again. I’ve found this often gets me better results than trying to duplicate the environment that led to the original burst of productivity, since ultimately the only point of that is to invoke this state anyway.
Caveat: The base rate of success in this situation is pretty mediocre. The times when it most consistently works is when I use the memorized feeling of being highly productive to motivate performing a series of actions that basically begin an avalanche, and after a while flow kicks in.