As we are drawing close to the end of the book Flow, here is a quick
summary to cultivate and foster flow in oneself:
1) Setting goals: To be able to experience flow, one must have clear goals to strive for. (p.209)
2) Becoming immersed in the activity: After choosing a system of action, a person with an autotelic personality grows deeply involved with whatever he is doing. (p.210)
3) Paying attention to what is happening: Concentration leads to involvement, which can only be maintained by constant inputs of attention.(p.211)
4) Learning to enjoy immediate experience. The outcome of having au autotelic self-of learning to set goals, to develop skills, to be sensitive to feedback, to know how to concentrate and get involved – is that one can enjoy life even when objective circumstances are brutish and nasty.(p.212-3)