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CHAPTER 10

1. 
   Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience (New York: Harper Row, 2009).
   
2. 
   Mike Oppland, “8 Ways To Create Flow According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,” PositivePsycho logy.com, accessed February 19, 2019, positivepsychologyprogram.com/mihaly-csikszentmihaly i-father-of-flow/.
   
3. 
   Susie Cranston and Scott Keller, “Increasing the ‘Meaning Quotient’ of Work,” McKinsey Quarterly, January 2013, www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/incre asing-the-meaning-quotient-of-work.
   
4. 
   Entrepreneurs Institute Team, “A Genius Insight: The Four Stages of Flow,” Entrepreneurs Institute, last modified February 12, 2015, entrepreneursinstitute.org/updates/a-genius-insight-th e-four-stages-of-flow.
   
5. 
   Hara Estroff Marano, “Pitfalls of Perfectionism,” Psychology Today, March 1, 2008, www.psych ologytoday.com/us/articles/200803/pitfalls-perfectionism.
   
6. 
   Travis Bradberry, “Why the Best Leaders Have Conviction,” World Economic Forum, last modified December 7, 2015, www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/12/why-the-best-leaders-have-con viction/.
   

CHAPTER 11

1. 
   Jim Kwik, “Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik: How to Concentrate with Dandapani,” Jim Kwik, October 8, 2019, https://jimkwik.com/kwik-brain-149-how-to-concentrate-with-dandapani/.
   
2. 
   Ibid.
   
3. 
   Ibid.
   
4. 
   “A Clean Well-Lighted Place,” BeWell, accessed January 7, 2020, https://bewell.stanford.edu/a-cl ean-well-lighted-place/.
   
5. 
   Melanie Greenberg, “9 Ways to Calm Your Anxious Mind,” Psychology Today, June 28, 2015, w ww.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mindful-self-express/201506/9-ways-calm-your-anxious- mind.
   
6. 
   Donald Miller, “The Brutal Cost of Overload and How to Reclaim the Rest You Need,” Building a StoryBrand, buildingastorybrand.com/episode-40/.
   
7. 
   Markham Heid, “The Brains of Highly Distracted People Look Smaller,” VICE, October 12, 2017, tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/wjxmpx/constant-tech-distractions-are-like-feeding-your-brai n-junk-food.
   
8. 
   Kristin Wong, “How Long It Takes to Get Back on Track After a Distraction,” Lifehacker, July 29, 2015, lifehacker.com/how-long-it-takes-to-get-back-on-track-after-a-distract-1720708353.
   
9. 
   “4-7-8 Breath Relaxation Exercise,” Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine, February 2010, www.cordem.org/globalassets/files/academic-assembly/2017-aa/handouts/day-th ree/biofeedback-exercises-for-stress-2---fernances-j.pdf.