Book Description About the Author Sarah Gregg is an Irish girl with a huge passion for unlocking human potential (you could call it a bit of an obsession). She is a certified life coach, business coach, and certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner. Sarah prides herself on her professional coaching service. She has had a diverse career, during which she has worked with hundreds of individuals and businesses, big and small; from large corporate clients, like IKEA and House of Fraser, to start-ups and entrepreneurs. She’s also worked with the European Commission to design an innovative business for entrepreneurs. The common thread that runs throughout her career is her passion for moving people closer to their goals—no matter how far away they may seem. At the end of 2016, she took a bold leap into the unknown. Practicing what she preaches, she went after her own goals, and established The Power to Reinvent (thepowertoreinvent.com). You can connect with her on Instagram @powertoreinvent. Read more Customers Review: This book has been a huge part of transforming my life. I love how easy the journal system is and how much sense this made to my daily life. What I really enjoyed about this book was the scientific facts to back it up. This book is so well written and I really feel like I’m on the journey with the author herself. An absolute necessity in your life, I highly recommend this book.
Find Your Flow by Sarah Gregg arrived and I immediately read it and began putting into practice the suggestions she makes to help us find flow in our daily lives. First, we need a definition of just what is meant by flow. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has written many books on the subject and he describes ‘Flow’ as a “psychological state of complete absorption in the current experience.” Sarah Gregg uses Mihaly’s ground breaking working extensively in her book and shows us how to apply his findings to help us become productive and achieving. Just as an aside, writing this review allows me to become completely absorbed in present experience and thus achieve flow.The 8 Characteristics of Flow according to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi as elaborated on by Sarah Gregg in her book are: 1. Complete concentration on the task; 2. Clarity of goals and reward in mind and immediate feedback; 3. Transformation of time (speeding up/slowing down); 4. The experience is intrinsically rewarding; 5. Effortlessness and ease; 6. There is a balance between challenge and skills; 7. Actions and awareness are merged, losing self-conscious rumination; 8.There is a feeling of control over the task. On page 97 of her book Sarah summarizes neatly the material in the book meant to be applied and then provides several pages of the outline we should use in our journal each day as we integrate flow into our lives. I must emphasize journal because writing down our thoughts morning and evening is a most important part of our practice of achieving flow.Both Mihaly and Sarah have podcasts and TED talks on YouTube on the subject of flow that readers of this review might investigate if interested. I downloaded on my tablet two of the books by Mihaly on Flow that Sarah has used as a resource for her book. I had read some of Mihaly’s work on flow years ago and found it to be useful, but it is fair to say that Sarah has summarized well what Mihaly has to say about flow and made it easy for us to apply to our daily lives. Sarah tells us a little about herself and her life in Northern Ireland, but not so much as to detract from her purpose of explaining how to achieve flow in our life. I found her explanations to be clear and easy to understand and recommend her book.
Do you feel unfulfilled? Are you successful but still not feeling happy? Then this is the book for you! Find Your Flow is basically a how-to guide that explains what you need to do in order to be happy. But it isn’t a magical solution — in other words, you won’t become happy just from reading it. It will require daily work on your part and the author clearly lays out a four-step system that she personally vouches for.This is a friendly and motivating book that’s determined to make you happier. It is a relatively short book, which I really appreciate because it is so practical, filled with recommendations and things to do and/or change in order to get you on the road to happiness. This book is not bogged down with unnecessary stories or abstract theories. It is not at all abstract and is not filled with theory or quotes from pontificating academics. Rather, it is succinct and clear plus at the end, there is a worksheet to get you started. It is very well researched book, providing footnotes and sources. Results of relevant psychological studies are conveyed without jargon or unnecessary detail. Sarah peppers the text with anecdotes to illustrate major points and will sometimes use her own life experience as an example.I am sure many of you have heard of Flow. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published a book called Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience in 1990 and followed it up seven years later with Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. What I didn’t know is that in a 2004 TED talk, Csikszentmihalyi revealed that Flow is the secret to happiness. Importantly, achieving Flow is something that you yourself can do and Sarah shows you how to do it.Sarah recommends a daily journal system based on Flow. Essentially, you will start each day with positivity/gratitude and end your day with reflection. Sarah is very clear about the specific questions to address and when to do so. I can hear you saying — Oh no, do I have to write in a journal every day? Yes you do but it only takes a few minutes in the morning and at night. You will find it much more beneficial to your mental state to do this journal first thing in the morning instead of checking your email or the news.Because Sarah finally found happiness with her system, as did her friends and family, she generously decided to share it with the world in this book. How lucky we are!Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – Rock Point and NetGalley for a temporary advance reader copy in exchange for my honest opinion.
This is a pleasing looking, helpful little book, though it isn’t anything special, IMHO. Gregg looks at a few “rituals” involving setting goals and journaling that focus you on being productive and on doing things to reduce stress. (I will say that she’s rather stuck on the number 3. She advises setting 3 high-value priority goals and 3 high-flow goals each day. I’m not sure why 3 is the magic number.)Find Your Flow covers flow, of course, including the way it ties in with gratitude, mindfulness and imagery scripting. Gregg does have some gems, such as: “The better you are at detecting these micro-moments of feedback, the greater control you will have to shift your attention and shape the content of your life experience.”Defective book: I would note that the book I received had a few places in which glue along the binding prevented the pages from opening fully. I’m sure you can replace a defective book bought from Amazon, but if time is a critical factor, it could be a problem. I’ll upload some pictures to show how the pages were affected.But that’s JustMe. |
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