The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
It is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, each of us is constrained by limits on what we can do and feel. To ignore… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
You yourself are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost don't exist. I've experienced… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Optimal experience is that rare occasion when we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Enjoyment, on the other hand, is not always pleasant, and it can be very stressful at times. A mountain climber, for example,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill?… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To avoid this condition, people are naturally eager to fill… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
People without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
“Unfortunately, many people find the only challenges they can respond to are violence, gambling, random sex, or drugs. Some of these experiences can be… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
“It is usual to explain the motivation of those who enjoy dangerous activities as some sort of pathological need: they are trying to exorcise… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
“Wisdom and integrity cannot be found in any single domain. A broader viewpoint that breaks across disciplinary boundaries is needed, a way of understanding… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
For better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
Many business leaders today view their jobs as entailing responsibility for the welfare of the wider community. These individuals do not define themselves as… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way.… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
If an enterprise does not aspire to be the best of its kind, it will attract second-rate employees, and it will be soon forgotten. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share
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