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Secret 2 · Communication / Focus — Flow Zone

Challenge / Skills / Flow position

The flow zone is the space between what is asked of you and what you can do. Three secrets map it: the position you are in, the questions that move you when you are stuck, and what a whole team sees once every cross is on one board.

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Head language · “What”

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Flow-diagram — utfordring mot ferdighet
The flow chart — challenge on one axis, skills on the other

The case

Challenge & skills as SGL-coach

Flow-diagrammet — liggende, full bredde

Challenge and skills, seen from where an SGL coach sits: the focus is not on what ought to happen one day, but on how — and on something that is done right now.

Start by mirroring yourself. Use the flow chart to find the balance between your challenges and your skills. Exciting? Interesting? The three secrets below are where it starts.

Secret 2 · The flow chart

Challenge against skill: three positions.

Mirror yourself in the chart. Where challenge and skill meet, you are in the flow zone — on either side of it, energy drains away.

Too much challenge

Stress and anxiety

The task is bigger than your skill. You work harder, and get less done.

Challenge meets skill

The flow zone

Time disappears. The work carries itself, and it gives energy back.

Too little challenge

Boredom and apathy

Your skill is unused. Ask yourself what is stopping you from being the best you can be.

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Three lessons in Secret 2

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Bilde til leksjon 2,1 Lesson 2,1 Flow or Stress? Prepare your next appraisal talk by demonstrating how the interaction between challenges and competence affects you. Read lesson 2,1 → Not started Bilde til leksjon 2,2 Lesson 2,2 Flow and Secrets Important questions of change, and how to face your situation here-and-now. Join a little experiment and become aware of your inner voice as a guide and supervisor. Read lesson 2,2 → Not started Bilde til leksjon 2,3 Lesson 2,3 Flow and Teams Good ideas for how you can make a creative workshop off-office. Read lesson 2,3 → Not started

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