Autorentext

Cliff Kimber holds an MSc in Coaching and Development from the University of Portsmouth and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and the Royal Society of Arts. He coaches senior leaders and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), and is committed to individuals meeting their better selves.

Klappentext

Born to Flow® (BTF) is an invitation to rediscover flow, not as a fixed theory, but as a lived, evolving experience. Blending personal insight, practical wisdom, and inspiration from thinkers as diverse as Alan Watts, Bruce Lee, Rick Rubin, George Kelly and Joseph Campbell, BTF explores flow as something you curate, not control.

Drawing on the river metaphor and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work, BTF expands the conversation to include friction, creativity, and the journey of self-expression. It invites readers to release assumptions, embrace experimentation, and grow-not through perfection, but presence.

Like water shaping rock, flow emerges through sustained engagement. Insight, tools, and reflective practices offer a fresh hypothesis, guiding leaders, coaches, and creatives toward meaningful, grounded action. Applications include flow-aligned habits, navigating resistance, and creating environments for deep work. BTF is a dynamic framework to reclaim rhythm, honour creativity, and unlock inner potential.

Inhalt

Part 1: The Invitation 1. A Droplet 2. Introduction (The source) 3. The Wellspring (The abundant source) 4. Scene Setting (Tributary) 5. It Depends (Confluence) 6. Flow (Tributary) 7. The Notion of Born to Flow (Tributary) 8. Where the flow begins (Estuarine) 9. Flow Science (Tributary) 10. Remembering flow (Anabranch) 11. In the groove (Currents) 12. Flow Alteration (Dams) 13. Interrupting flow (The Continuing Alteration of terrain through which we flow) 14. The business of flow (Channel) 15. The flow leader as coach (The Potential of Undercurrents) 16. The flow through life (Ebbs and Flows) 17. The nature of flow (Tributary) Part 2: The Devotion 18. ****Branching Streams flow in the darkness (Tributary. A dedication to Shunryu Suzuki) 19. Engaging with and owning your flow (Tributary) 20. Teaching flow (Currents) 21. The flow mind shift (Tributary) 22. Confluence (Flowing Together) 23. The campaign (Anabranch) 24. A way of being (Returning to the source)