Psychology Quote by Michelle Pacansky-brock

“Flow” is the way people describe their state of mind when consciousness is harmoniously ordered, and they want to pursue whatever they are doing…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“Flow is the ability to be so focused that all of life's obstacles seemingly and smoothly pass you by.”

— Asa Don Brown

“Flow isn’t something that everyone can discover. But you’ll know with certainty when you find it because you’ll be able to immerse yourself into…

— Fumio Sasaki

“Flow is a natural way of accessing your Best Self and a greater positive energy that is always available—regardless of your culture, experience, educational…

— Laurie E. Smith

“But anyone who has experienced flow knows that the deep enjoyment it provieds requires an equal degree of disciplined concentration.”

— Csikszentmihaly

Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced six-cent-mihaly) has done more than anyone else to study this state of effortless attending, and the name he proposed…

— Daniel Kahneman

“In flow, we are so focused on the task at hand that everything else falls away. Action and awareness merge. Time flies. Self vanishes.…

— Steven Kotler

“In his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to flow as the time when you become lost in your…

— Beth Whitman

“This isn’t just your mind paying more attention—suddenly your entire body is paying attention. When this happens, it’s outside our conscious capabilities. There are…

— Steven Kotler

But to change all existence into a flow experience, it is not sufficient to learn merely how to control moment-by-moment states of consciousness. It…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“In a state of flow, however, maintaining focused attention on these absorbing activities requires no exertion of self-control, thereby freeing resources to be directed…

— Daniel Kahneman