{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Performance Intelligence","title":"How to Access Flow State & Significantly Boost Performance | Dr Sue Jackson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4438,"description":"Have you ever finished a presentation, race, meeting or performance and someone asked, \"How did it go?\" only to realise you can barely remember it? Not because you failed but because you were completely immersed.Dr Sue Jackson is one of the world's leading researchers on flow and co-authored the defining book on the subject alongside the man who first named it, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.Sue takes you inside one of the most sought-after and least understood states in human performance.Why do some moments feel effortless while others feel like a grind? Why can pressure elevate performance one day and destroy it the next? And why do some of our best performances seem to happen when we stop trying so hard to force them?Using examples ranging from Olympic athletes to Wallabies captain Harry Wilson's match-winning moment against England, Sue explores why some performances feel effortless, why pressure can either sharpen or derail us, and why trying harder isn't always the answer.This is about attention, confidence, pressure, preparation and the hidden conditions behind extraordinary performance.Because flow isn't something you find. It's something you allow.00:00 Why your best performances can be the hardest to explain02:14 The psychological state that fascinates elite performers05:58 What athletes mean when they say \"everything just clicked\"10:08 Flow vs clutch: two very different ways to perform under pressure13:09 Harry Wilson's match-winning Wallabies moment, and what it reveals about performance19:27 The letter that changed Sue Jackson's career26:51 The hidden ingredients behind a flow state28:00 The challenge-skill balance that can make or break performance32:00 Why anxiety might be closer to flow than you think39:03 The attention crisis nobody is talking about42:18 Are we losing our ability to focus?45:40 The coaching habit that can pull athletes out of the moment48:53 Why flow feels energising instead of exhausting50:32 Can you perform brilliantly without being...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/crvu0qkU_nPKdfaX6_m4Qg8iubjexgpghzQo9EZjyAU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83N2Fh/MWFmM2U1OTAyMDRj/ZDg3MTVjZTdiODM1/ZTVkYS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}