Sarah Gregg talks about her new book “Finding Your Flow: Capture It, Use it and Make it Yours.” She begins by explaining the concept of “Flow” including the history, psychology and popular usages of it. She then goes on to explain how people can harness the concept of Flow to order their consciousness, be fully present in the moment and invest their attention towards the goals that matter most to them. Sarah then shares the 3 core conditions required for Flow to occur, and discusses the “journal system” that she created for finding and optimizing your Flow. She explains her morning routine which includes a gratitude practice, goal setting process, and the technique of “imagery scripting” of her ideal day. She emphasizes the importance of the gratitude practice in controlling your morning mood to start your day, as well as how to reflect positively at night, use self-distancing techniques, and identify your Flow states from the day. She then goes on to explain why Flow is not reliant on external factors, how it is unique to the individual, and how it is rooted in science and psychology. Sarah also takes us behind the scenes of the book writing process and shares how the book deal came about, how she overcame self-doubt, how she structured her research and writing process, and describes the marketing roll out plan for the book. Sarah then shares some travel adventures including her hilarious experience taking the Trans-Siberian railway across Russia into China. FULL SHOWNOTES AVAILABLE AT: www.TheMaverickShow.comhttps://amzn.to/2T6Dh6J
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44: Finding your “Flow”, Practicing Gratitude and How Not to Take the Trans-Siberian Railway with Sarah Gregg
Episode #44: Finding your “Flow”, Practicing Gratitude and How Not to Take the Trans-Siberian Railway with Sarah Gregg
Hosted by Matt Bowles
44: Finding your “Flow”, Practicing Gratitude and How Not to Take the Trans-Siberian Railway with Sarah Gregg
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About the Guest
Sarah Gregg
Sarah Gregg is a life coach, business coach, certified NLP practitioner, and the founder of “The Power to Reinvent”, a company entirely focused on helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals in less time. Over the past decade, Sarah has worked with hundreds of clients ranging from large corporations like IKEA to startups and individual entrepreneurs. She has also worked with the European Commission on developing an entrepreneur accelerator program. In 2016, she sold her house, her car, and all of her stuff to become a fully location-independent entrepreneur and design her dream lifestyle. She left her home in Belfast and has been traveling the world with her husband Chris while running her business from some of the world’s most beautiful locations. She is also the author of the forthcoming book “Find your Flow: Capture it, Use it and Make it Yours”.
What You'll Learn
- The 3 core conditions required for achieving your “Flow”
- How and why a morning gratitude practice can dramatically improve your happiness
- The key to being fully present, ordering your consciousness and achieving your goals
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Time Stamped Show Notes
[2:00] Matt and Sarah Talk about South Africa in Copenhagen
- Sarah’s experience in Cape Town
- Going on Safari
- The South African wine country
- What Sarah loves about Copenhagen
[9:34] Sarah Explains the Concept of “Flow”
- Defining “Flow”
- Explaining the history and psychology of “flow”
- Harnessing flow to order your consciousness and be fully present
- Investing your attention towards the goals that matter most
- The 3 core conditions required for Flow to occur
[14:33] “The Journal System” for Flow that Sarah Created
- Sarah’s morning routine
- How and why to control your morning mood
- 3 parts of the journal system to complete in the morning
- Having a gratitude practice, setting goals and living with intention
- Setting “must-do” priorities as well as “flow priorities”
- Using “imagery scripting” of your ideal day
- How to reflect positively at night, self-distancing, and identifying flow states
- The significance of starting the day with gratitude
- How long the morning routine should take
[28:11] What makes “Flow” Different from Other Self-Help Philosophies
- Flow is a state that you create, not reliant on external factors
- Flow is unique to the individual
- Flow is rooted in science and psychology based on 18-months of research
[32:33] Sarah’s Experience Writing the Book
- How the book deal came about
- Learning to write a book proposal and overcoming self-doubt
- Developing self-discipline and enjoying the journey
- Interacting with editors
- How Sarah structures her writing process and time blocks
- The marketing strategy for the book roll out
[42:33] Sarah’s Travel Experiences
- Why Sarah chooses to travel and what travel means to her
- Sarah’s experience taking the Trans-Siberian railway
[50:44] The Lightning Round
- The person with whom Sarah would most like to have dinner
- The productivity tool Sarah would most recommend
- The advice Sarah would give to her 18 year old self
- Sarah’s top travel hack
- The one thing that Sarah never travels without
- Sarah’s top bucket list destination
- The first step towards finding your flow
[57:58] Contact Sarah
- Follow Sarah on Instagram
- How to get bonuses for buying the book before it’s released
- Sarah’s website
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