What makes the skill of driving your mind a hidden one? Is it a skill in the first place? If so, Do you know how to drive your mind?

What makes the skill of driving your mind a hidden one? Is it a skill in the first place? If so, Do you know how to drive your mind?
Why we need to carefully craft the workflow of any process in our life and work? What is the work flow? Where spontaneity fit in the equation?