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Wealth, status, and power have become in our culture all too powerful symbols of happiness... And we assume that if only we could acquire some of those same symbols, we would be nuch happier (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
The concentration is usually possible because the task undertaken has clear goals and provides immediate feedback (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
But make the self grow? To fill free time with activities that require concentration, that increase skills, that lead to a development of the self, is not the same as killing time by watching (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
At certain times in history cultures have taken it for granted that a person wasn't fully human unless he or she learned to master thoughts and feelings (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
It is how we choose what we do, and how we approach it, that will determine whether the sum of our days adds up to a formless blur, or to something resembling a work of art (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it's presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue... As the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Contrary to what we usually believe... The best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times - although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to it's limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
A self that is only differentiated - not integrated - may attain great individual accomplishments, but risks being mired in self-centered egotism. By the same token, a person who self is based exclusively on integration will be well connected and secure, but lack autonomous individuality. Only when a person invests equal amounts of psychic energy in these two processes and avoids both selfishness and conformity is the self likely to reflect complexity (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers. This is not to say that we should abandon every goal endorsed by society; rather, it means that, in addition to or instead of the goals others use to bribe us with, we develop a set of our own (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Creative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Write down each day what surprised you and how you surprised others. When something strikes a spark of interest, follow it (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Find out what you like and what you hate about life. Start doing more of what you love, less of what you hate (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Look at problems from as many viewpoints as possible. Figure out the implications of the problem. Implement the solution (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
We can transform reality to the extent that we influence what happens in consciousness and thus free ourselves from the threats and blandishments of the outside world (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
If you’re alone with nothing to do, the quality of your experience really plummets (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
The most important step in emancipating oneself from social controls is the ability to find rewards in the events of each moment (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)
Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes)