Peak Performance and Living in the Flow
Byf you have been following the posts of the last few days you have some context for this topic.
My thinking has evolved through several steps to get to this point. I began with the value of healthy eating and fitness to arrive at appreciation, connection, and inspiration. I then moved to creative thinking as core to improving our value and welfare in this new economic era.
Adding innovation and emotional intelligence were the last two pieces to become the ideal corporate employee. Since we are also individuals, the qualities sought by big business would also suit us if we operate small or online. A forecast for the future melding of the internet and Social Media for business purposes predicts online collaboration with strangers.
We must learn how to invoke creative thinking. We must learn how to develop ego less communications in collaborating in person or online. We must have minds and bodies operating in peak condition to offer our best products daily.
Taking it from the beginning I suggest you get as close to a raw diet as possible. Or you can look at raw and ask what you would have to add in to make it palatable. I went to raw and have since added in a chicken breast every other night. You need to exercise at least every other day to support brain activity.
I would hope that getting healthy would give you appreciation for how we can live best on this planet. Knowing you can really feel good, might give you some appreciation for being here and inspire you for ways to express yourself or even open up some activities for which you can feel passion.
Thinking can be divided into a few necessities which you can investigate to get more detail or read my past posts. But key are the capabilities for
- Lateral Thinking,
- Whole Brain Thinking and
- Emotional Intelligence
Lateral Thinking is the development credited to Edward de Bono in which we challenge all assumptions and learn to investigate patterns. If we challenge the purpose, the utility, and the continued relevance of all systems and products without judgment about our ideas we get into the Innovative Thinking process.
Whole Brain Thinking is understanding which of our right or left brain is dominant and how to build more parity into their functions. Then we learn how to move from right to left or back in creative thinking. Finally we learn how to move into the appropriate brain for the activity we need or how to suspend one brain to elevate the focus of the other.
Emotional Intelligence at its core means understanding your feelings as they happen and being able to regulate your behavior. Secondly it means understanding the feelings of others and being empathetic. A higher level is being able to control others’ feelings which could lead to popularity, leadership, or interpersonal effectiveness.
The highest level of Emotional Intelligence is flow or living in the zone. This is focus on an activity that consumes your attention and time itself. It usually occurs with an activity you have practiced and in which you have competence.
If you were to create a life in which you were mentally and physically fit, had inspiration, creative thinking skills, and focus, you could experience peak performance and flow on a continuing basis.
My Free Download E Book “Life Begins at Inspiration”
The following books are available at Amazon.com. Used they are often just a few dollars.
Innovation is Everybody’s Business by Robert B. Tucker
Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono
Whole Brain Thinking by Jacquelyn Wonder
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Heal the Mind Rewire the Brain by Patt Lind-Kyle
