The Great Acting Blog: “Challenge vs Skill”

The Great Acting Blog: “Challenge vs Skill”

 

Fascinating chart showing how our skill levels and the difficulty of the challenge before us affects our emotional state.

According to an article on Mindtools, Csíkszentmihályi says there are three conditions required in order to enter a state of Flow: 

“Goals – Goals add motivation and structure to what you’re doing. Whether you’re learning a new piece of music or creating a presentation, you must be working towards a goal to experience flow.

Balance – There must be a good balance between your perceived skill and the perceived challenge of the task. If one of these weighs more heavily than the other, flow probably won’t occur.

Feedback – You must have clear, immediate feedback, so that you can make changes and improve your performance. This can be feedback from other people, or the awareness that you’re making progress with the task.”

Read the full article here.

 

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