Being In The Moment For Sales Success

Have you ever been ‘in the flow’ or ‘in the moment’ to such an extent that you amaze yourself at how easy and enjoyable things can be at times? My 10th affirmation of intention is “I am in the moment more often”.

 What does it mean to be ‘in the flow’ or ‘in the moment’?

 My favourite definition of ‘FLOW’ comes from the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, where he suggests that:

 “Flow is an optimal state of human experience in which individuals are fully engaged in creative endeavours, experiencing fulfilment, happiness and well being.”

Let’s take a moment in this post to consider this, and to consider how we can be ‘in flow’ more often.

Optimal State of Human Experience

Don’t you just love the idea of being in an ‘optimal state of human experience’?  I know I do.  I’m not sure I really know what it means, but I certainly like the sound of being in ‘it’!

 Let’s start our analysis of this definition with ‘individuals are fully engaged’.

Individuals Fully Engaged

I don’t know about you, but for me this is tough.  I will be the first to admit, that with all of the external distractions around me and despite having digested The Power of Now by Eckhart Toll, and as a self admitted ‘mind traveller’ (I’m constantly taking journeys of thought and possibility without leaving my chair), that to be ‘fully engaged’ in anything is tough. 

And yet, ‘fully engaged’ seems so aspirational.

Creative Endeavours

What about this idea of ‘creative endeavours’?  I know some readers would potentially wonder how often we get the luxury to choose creative endeavours of any kind.  Most of us are just struggling to get our jobs done.

And yet, isn’t conversation in and of itself a creative endeavour?  Two people, each with their own experiences and views of the world, start to converse, and all of a sudden something is ‘created’ from the conversation.  It could be a strategy, a goal, a suggestion, an idea or solution to something.

And for those of us in sales……

So stay with me here, because the definition for those of us in sales is starting to get a little exciting.

Is there potential for us, to be ‘in flow’ more often by pursuing ‘fully engaged creative endeavours’, (where the conversations we have with our potential and existing clients are the creative endeavours), and that this will produce experiences of fulfilment, happiness and well being for ourselves and our clients?

That’s pretty good don’t you think?

This week, my affirmation is to be ‘in the moment’ more often.  I’m trying to remove as many distractions (my own internal ones as well as the external ones), so that when I’m on the phone, sending a text, writing an email, or speaking face to face with someone, that I am truly in the moment, fully engaged in the creative endeavour and looking forward to the reciprocal experiences of fulfilment, happiness and well being.

I’m enjoying these affirmations……are you?  Let me know!