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HACKING FLOW 
ACHIEVING ULTIMATE HUMAN POTENTIAL 
Maximilian Gotzler - QS Berlin - September 4, 2014
Flow is found in different situations 
• Competing 
• Performing 
• Socialising 
• Working 
• Meditating 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
Flow is a mental state of highly focused motivation 
• In the zone 
• Runner’s high 
• In the pocket 
• Forever box 
• Screen presence 
„Time flies. 
Self vanishes. 
Performance skyrockets.“ 
! 
Steven Kotler 
Head of Flow Genome Project 
Photo: John Coltrane playing saxophone 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
Flow has been studied for several years 
• 150 years of research 
• Most progress in the past 15 
years 
• Driven by action adventure 
sports 
• Many questions remain 
Photo: Steven Kotler of the Flow Genome Project 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
Flow increases productivity by 500% 
• Flow makes you 5-times more productive 
• Average population less than 5% in Flow 
• Only 29% reach Flow at all while working 
• More Flow also means more happiness 
• Athletes are the best Flow hackers 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
Athletes are the best flow hackers 
Tremendous progress in 
the last two decades 
• Surfing 
• Snowboarding 
• Skydiving 
• BASE jumping Photo: Jump record holder Mads Jonsson 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
Five neurochemicals induce Flow 
• Norepinephrine 
• Dopamine 
• Anandamide 
• Endorphins 
• Serotonin 
- Speed, Ritalin 
- Cocaine 
- Cannabis 
- Opiates 
- MDMA 
FLOW IS 
ADDICTIVE 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
The Flow cycle has 4 stages 
1. Struggle 
2. Relaxation 
3. Flow 
4. Recovery 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
There currently are 17 triggers for flow 
1. Focus and embodiment 
2. Rich Environment 
3. High Consequences 
„Flow follows focus“ 
QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
THANK YOU 
QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME

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Hacking Flow: Achieving Ultimate Human Potential

  • 1. HACKING FLOW ACHIEVING ULTIMATE HUMAN POTENTIAL Maximilian Gotzler - QS Berlin - September 4, 2014
  • 2.
  • 3. Flow is found in different situations • Competing • Performing • Socialising • Working • Meditating QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 4. Flow is a mental state of highly focused motivation • In the zone • Runner’s high • In the pocket • Forever box • Screen presence „Time flies. Self vanishes. Performance skyrockets.“ ! Steven Kotler Head of Flow Genome Project Photo: John Coltrane playing saxophone QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 5. Flow has been studied for several years • 150 years of research • Most progress in the past 15 years • Driven by action adventure sports • Many questions remain Photo: Steven Kotler of the Flow Genome Project QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 6. Flow increases productivity by 500% • Flow makes you 5-times more productive • Average population less than 5% in Flow • Only 29% reach Flow at all while working • More Flow also means more happiness • Athletes are the best Flow hackers QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 7. Athletes are the best flow hackers Tremendous progress in the last two decades • Surfing • Snowboarding • Skydiving • BASE jumping Photo: Jump record holder Mads Jonsson QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 8. Five neurochemicals induce Flow • Norepinephrine • Dopamine • Anandamide • Endorphins • Serotonin - Speed, Ritalin - Cocaine - Cannabis - Opiates - MDMA FLOW IS ADDICTIVE QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 9. The Flow cycle has 4 stages 1. Struggle 2. Relaxation 3. Flow 4. Recovery QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 10. There currently are 17 triggers for flow 1. Focus and embodiment 2. Rich Environment 3. High Consequences „Flow follows focus“ QS Berlin Maximilian Gotzler 04/09/2014
  • 11. THANK YOU QUESTIONS ARE WELCOME