--- title: "7 Experience Flow Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Experience Flow quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Experience Flow sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/laurie-e-smith-20331_activities_doing-activities-that-you-love-to-do-eve_35988.jpg" --- > [“Doing activities that you love to do, even a few minutes a day, can help you experience more flow, improve your well-being,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-e-smith/doing-activities-that-you-love-to-do-even-a-few-minutes-a-day-can/) [Laurie E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-e-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/laurie-e-smith-20331_activities_doing-activities-that-you-love-to-do-eve_35988.jpg) > [“It is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have" ... we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-weiner/it-is-not-the-skills-we-actually-have-that-determine-how-we-feel-but/) [Eric Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/eric-weiner-1843_flow_it-is-not-the-skills-we-actually-have-th_69258.png) > [I would suggest that our listening is the main way that we experience the flow of time from past to future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/i-would-suggest-that-our-listening-is-the-main-way-that-we-experience/) [Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/julian-treasure-8346_communication_i-would-suggest-that-our-listening-is-th_389991.jpg) > [“To build your working life around the experience of flow produced by deep work is a proven path to deep satisfaction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-newport/to-build-your-working-life-around-the-experience-of-flow-produced-by/) [Cal Newport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-newport/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/cal-newport-1302_life_to-build-your-working-life-around-the-ex_730478.jpg) > [“And the dark night of flow is an issue that society has not made particularly easy to handle. How many people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-kotler/and-the-dark-night-of-flow-is-an-issue-that-society-has-not-made/) [Steven Kotler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-kotler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/steven-kotler-7422_artist_and-the-dark-night-of-flow-is-an-issue-t_1774571.png) > [“The tremendous leisure industry that has arisen in the last few generations has been designed to help fill free time with enjoyable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/the-tremendous-leisure-industry-that-has-arisen-in-the-last-few/) [Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-1255_art_the-tremendous-leisure-industry-that-has_1783592.jpg) > [“The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced six-cent-mihaly) has done more than anyone else to study this state of effortless attending, and the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/the-psychologist-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-pronounced-six-cent-mihaly/) [Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/daniel-kahneman-431_focus_the-psychologist-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi_2192288.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience-flow/#itemlist", "name": "Experience Flow Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Doing activities that you love to do, even a few minutes a day, can help you experience more flow, improve your well-being, and help you share your unique gifts with the world.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laurie E. 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How many people have stopped playing guitar, writing poetry, or painting watercolors—activities packed with flow triggers—because these are also activities that do not squarely fit into culturally acceptable responsibility categories like “career” or “children”? How many, now grown up and done with childish things, have put away the surfboard, the skateboard, the whatever? 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