Dear Bernie,
Your description reminds me of Czikszentmihalyi, M. (1990). Flow.
New York: Harper & Row: C says we need a suspension of self-awareness to
allow us to get into the game (meeting, problem, project, etc.) and become
one with it. He says it's essential to superlative performance - and to
mental health.
Sam
>There's an analog to the "Well-Played Game" in the experience of the Good
>Meeting, and I want to start a dialog around that analog.
>
>In my book (The Well-Played Game, Anchor, '78) I wrote about a mutually
>transcendent experience I shared with my friend Bill during an almost
>impossibly long ping-pong volley. And in his book, Bill Russell talked
>about similar experiences while playing for the Boston Celtics. And I am
>convinced that that kind of experience is shared, from time to time, in
>conference rooms as well.
>
>If this is threadworthy, I encourage you to string along. In any event,
>any contribution you can make to this theme would be really appreciated,
>and I wouldn't be surprised if the benefits were mutual.
>
>Bernie DeKoven
>meetings@california.com
>http://bbs.california.com/meetings/home.htm
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