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John Brewton's avatar

My most productive days always start with fewer tabs open.

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Easy to relate to that. Well said

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Valerie Demont's avatar

For me flow = new efficency = time x energy (vs effort)

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Love it. Leverage!

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Chintan Zalani's avatar

The first time I read about flow I was so intrigued and realized I had felt it only a few times. Thanks for the reminder to design for flow and the actionable tips to do so :)

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Thank you. Glad it resonated with you. It gets better with practice.

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Alex Randall Kittredge's avatar

Flow is such a powerful force multiplier. Thanks for the tips!

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Thank you Alex!

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Sharyph's avatar

This is a superb distillation of the science and practicality of flow. The connection between deep work and autotelic experience is critical for founders...That "stillness into motion" concept is profound.

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Thank you Sharyph. 🤟

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Daniel Popescu / ⧉ Pluralisk's avatar

Love this. So hard to sustain in our always-on dev culutre.

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Mark S. Carroll ✅'s avatar

This hit the sweet spot between science and calm execution.

Loved the framing of “flow as design, not luck.”

Your “Try This Week” challenge might be the most practical micro-onramp I’ve seen for busy founders — I’ll be testing it myself.

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Juan Salas-Romer's avatar

Thanks Mark for your thoughtful and generous comments. I am glad it was helpful.

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