Flow, that elusive state of extreme productivity. Here are 10 ideas to help you achieve the state of flow.

1. Eat a delicious salad.  With steak.
2. Be happy. Don’t have any lingering arguments with the people in your life. Arguments sap your mental and emotional energy.
3. Go somewhere new. Loud is good. If you can get into flow in a loud place you’ll have the focus to stay in flow for a long time.
4. Have other important things going on. Ignore them briefly while you’re flowing. This increases the desperation to get focused and productive quickly.
5. Do something. Anything. Starting is the thing.
6. When you’re halfway through sometimes you’ll hear a whisper of the “real world” trying to sneak in to distract. Push back against this.
7. Before starting, take a walk to get your blood moving and your heart pumping.
8. Stimulate your creativity by writing, drawing or playing a musical instrument… anything creative helps.
9. Stuck? Shake things up. Go wild – run down the street. Switch desks. Make a change.
10. Turn your phone off. Delete the Facebook app. Ignore it – you’re flowing. Nothing. Stops. You.