Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; born 29 September 1934) is a Hungarian psychologist. He created the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state. He is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth29 September 1934
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Control over consciousness cannot be institutionaliz ed. As soon as it becomes part of a set of social rules and norms, it ceases to be effective in the way it was originally intended to be.
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Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there
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Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.
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Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.
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A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.
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Music is usually resorted to as a form of self-therapy when you?re not involved enough in what you?re doing so that part of your mind needs to be distracted from what otherwise would become boring.
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Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to.
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Contrary to what most of us believe, happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen, and it results from doing our best. Feeling fulfilled when we live up to our potentialities is what motivates differentiation and leads to evolution.
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When someday I die, Please tell those whom I know That I ebbed with the Flow
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If the next generation is to face the future with zest and self-confidence, we must educate them to be original as well as competent
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Alternatives to Materialism. I lived my life in an ivory tower, and business was to be held at an arm's length.
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People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff.
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Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.
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Without respect, the subtle alchemy that binds an organization or that serves as the impetus for a business transaction would dissolve into mutual suspicion and hostility.