![[Tension flow.excalidraw.svg]] - Occur outside of one's comfort zone - High difficulty level - Frustrating to solve and therefor extra rewarding - Problem to solve requires a higher skills level than present skill level or competencies not yet attained - You get absorbed by the problem, nothing else exists > Tension Flow is both a motivating and horrible creative process one must go through to crack a tough nut. The more difficult the nut, the more horrible the process – and yet, at the same time, the more motivating it is. ## Sources [[When talent obliges]]