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June 25, 2025 9 mins

In this week's mini-episode we discuss the concept of flow, a mental model for peak performance first proposed in 1975 by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/flow-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi

Mini Ep. 57: The Map Is Not the Territory
https://podcast.bjjmentalmodels.com/243161/episodes/17285192-mini-ep-57-the-map-is-not-the-territory


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