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Flow is a person becoming so absorbed in a task that the sense of time and of self recedes into the background. Conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, this state arises when the difficulty of the task and the person's skill are balanced: what is too hard produces anxiety, what is too easy produces boredom, and when the two meet, flow is born. This state is a source of both high performance and deep satisfaction. In coaching, noticing which tasks bring the client into flow shows what truly suits them. Where flow is experienced often points to a person's strength.