Professions and Work
Developers of computer software reference getting into a flow state, sometimes referred to as The Zone or hack mode, when developing in an undistracted state. Stock market operators often use the term "in the pipe" to describe the psychological state of flow when trading during high volume days and market corrections. Professional poker players use the term "playing the A-game" when referring to the state of highest concentration and strategical awareness, while pool players often call the state being in "dead stroke."
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Famous quotes containing the words professions and, professions and/or work:
“A person of twelve professions and thirteen failures.”
—Trans. by Johanna C. Prins.
Dutch expression.
“All professions are conspiracies against the laity.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“There was a deserted log camp here, apparently used the previous winter, with its “hovel” or barn for cattle.... It was a simple and strong fort erected against the cold, and suggested what valiant trencher work had been done there.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)