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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes

Without the capacity to provide it's own information, the mind drifts into randomness Picture Quote #1

It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow Picture Quote #1

Find a way to express what moves you Picture Quote #1

Shift often from openness to closure Picture Quote #1

Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to Picture Quote #1

Develop what you lack Picture Quote #1

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Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas Picture Quote #1

Getting control of life is never easy, and sometimes it can be definitely painful Picture Quote #1

If we are so rich, why aren’t we happy? Picture Quote #1

Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation Picture Quote #1

One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is Picture Quote #1

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children Picture Quote #1

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And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness Picture Quote #1

And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field Picture Quote #1

If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average Picture Quote #1

As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends Picture Quote #1

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable Picture Quote #1

It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable Picture Quote #1

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People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy Picture Quote #1

Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Pleasure helps to maintain order, but by itself cannot create a new order in consciousness Picture Quote #1

Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works Picture Quote #1

It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly Picture Quote #1

But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is Picture Quote #1

Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn Picture Quote #1

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It's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time Picture Quote #1

The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow Picture Quote #1

Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimulate new ones, if everyone were genuinely happy, there would be no need for business any longer Picture Quote #1

But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers Picture Quote #1

The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments Picture Quote #1

But anyone who has experienced flow knows that the deep enjoyment it provides requires an equal degree of disciplined concentration Picture Quote #1

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Without the capacity to provide it's own information, the mind drifts into randomness (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Find a way to express what moves you (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Shift often from openness to closure (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Develop what you lack (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Produce as many ideas as possible. Try to produce unlikely ideas (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Getting control of life is never easy, and sometimes it can be definitely painful (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) If we are so rich, why aren’t we happy? (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Take charge of your schedule. Make time for reflection and relaxation (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years of technical knowledge immersion in a particular field (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) It is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Pleasure helps to maintain order, but by itself cannot create a new order in consciousness (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) It is by being fully involved with every detail of our lives, whether good or bad, that we find happiness, not by trying to look for it directly (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) It's a wise parent who allows her children to give up the things of childhood in their own time (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimulate new ones, if everyone were genuinely happy, there would be no need for business any longer (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes) But anyone who has experienced flow knows that the deep enjoyment it provides requires an equal degree of disciplined concentration (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)

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