Friday, September 24, 2010

Beware the Zone


Beware the Zone







  1. Good point Catherine although not every one get's zoned out & forgets to think of the bigger picture, it’s always good to beware of the limitations of being in the zone.

    What I often find is most of my time in the zone, is quickly halted by someone coming over to ask me a question, this to me feels like a big testing anti climax. I feel sad for a second as I was having so much fun but quickly get over it to respond to the said question. The tricky part is jumping back into that zone, not something that everyone can do so easily.

  2. Hi Catherine,

    I always felt that being in the zone is something very good if you have to create something. That is valid for sports, art, music and any kind of production of goods.

    It seems to be harmful in situations where you have to continously shift your attention, e.g. driving, discussions and testing.

    For the activities in the second part I would actually go so far as to discourage people from trying to get into the zone. Since as you pointed out, you will miss the tiny important thing that might have changed.