Flow is an overwhelming and joyous experience while working.It is a sensation anyone experiences when he/she acts with total commitment.
The desire to work at optimum capacity leaves hardly any room for anything else.Kalam had people who would scoff at the 40 hours a week job they were paid for.He knew others who worked 60,80 and even 100 hours a week because they found their work exciting and rewarding.Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.Good health and boundless energy is required.Climbing to the top demands strength.
During flow,action follows action according to an internal logic,there seems to be no need of confusion intervention on the part of the worker.There is no hurry and there are no distracting demands on one's attention.The distinction between self and the activity disappears.
The team working on SLV was experiencing flow.Although they worked hard,they were very relaxed,energetic and fresh.There are two requirements to get into the flow.They are:
1. To work hard as you can at something that presents a challenge.
2.Availability of a significant span of uninterrupted time.
Kalam had experienced this state many times,almost every day of the SLV-3 mission.There have been days in the laboratory when he had looked up to find the laboratory empty and realized that it was way past his work hours.On other days,Kalam and his team members had been so caught up their work that the lunch hour slipped by without their conscious.
The desire to work at optimum capacity leaves hardly any room for anything else.Kalam had people who would scoff at the 40 hours a week job they were paid for.He knew others who worked 60,80 and even 100 hours a week because they found their work exciting and rewarding.Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.Good health and boundless energy is required.Climbing to the top demands strength.
During flow,action follows action according to an internal logic,there seems to be no need of confusion intervention on the part of the worker.There is no hurry and there are no distracting demands on one's attention.The distinction between self and the activity disappears.
The team working on SLV was experiencing flow.Although they worked hard,they were very relaxed,energetic and fresh.There are two requirements to get into the flow.They are:
1. To work hard as you can at something that presents a challenge.
2.Availability of a significant span of uninterrupted time.
Kalam had experienced this state many times,almost every day of the SLV-3 mission.There have been days in the laboratory when he had looked up to find the laboratory empty and realized that it was way past his work hours.On other days,Kalam and his team members had been so caught up their work that the lunch hour slipped by without their conscious.
"Dr Brahm Prakash inspecting SLV-3 in its final phase of integration. He helped me deal with subsequent frustrations in its launching and consoled me when I was at my lowest ebb"-Kalam. |
