When you are fully present for what is in front of you, you become more likely to enter flow, a state in which you are completely absorbed in an activity—be it running, lovemaking, painting, writing code, solving math proofs, engaging in good conversation, meditating, surfing, you name it. In flow, your perceptions of time and space are altered. You enter what is colloquially referred to as “the zone.” Decades of psychological research show that people perform best and feel best when they enter this state.
