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
events doe happens
Happiness is not something that happens ... It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them.
growth progress doe
Whatever the composition of a firm, if it is to do good business it should be a place where everyone is encouraged to progress toward complexity- or at the very least a place that does not make it more difficult to achieve personal growth.
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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.
doe happens
Happiness does not simply happen to us. It's something that we make happen.
joy doe needs
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.
appreciate enjoy-life doe
It is essential to learn to enjoy life. It really does not make sense to go through the motions of existence if one does not appreciate as much of it as possible.
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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.
morning goal looks
Wake up in the morning with a specific goal to look forward to.
business believe feelings
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.
people site payoff
People enter Web sites hoping to be led somewhere, hoping for a payoff.
happiness flow entertainment
Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment.