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
order important quality
Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Pleasure helps to maintain order, but by itself cannot create a new order in consciousness.
solitude quality ifs
If you're alone with nothing to do, the quality of your experience really plummets.
quality gains needs
To gain control over the quality of experience, one needs to learn how to build enjoyment into what happens day in, day out.
community greed quality
If the firms that employ an increasing majority of the population are driven solely to satisfy the owner's greed at the expense of working conditions, of the stability of the community, and of the health of the environment, chances are that the quality of our lives will be worse than it is now.
quality consciousness quality-of-life
Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.
people quality able
People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.
happiness people quality
What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person. People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.
distracted form involved mind music needs otherwise
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.
flow please someday whom
When someday I die, Please tell those whom I know That I ebbed with the Flow
competent educate face future generation next original zest
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
business held ivory life lived
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.