That’s because at the Flow Genome Project10 we study the relationship between altered states and peak performance, focused primarily on the experience known as flow. Defined as an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best, flow refers to those in the zone moments where focus gets so intense that everything else disappears. Action and awareness start to merge. Our sense of self vanishes.Our sense of time as well. And all aspects of performance, both mental and physical, go through the roof. Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work