mihaly csikszentmihalyi

You yourself are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost don't exist. I've experienced this time and again. My hand seems devoid of myself, and I have nothing to do with what is happening. I just sit there watching in a state of awe and wonderment. And it just flows out by itself.

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The happiest people spend much time in a state of flow - the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it.

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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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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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Whether we like it or not, each of us is constrained by limits on what we can do and feel. To ignore these limits leads to denial and eventually to failure. To achieve excellence, we must first understand the reality of the everyday, with all its demands and potential frustrations.

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Studying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.

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Music is usually resorted to as a form of self-therapy when youre not involved enough in what youre doing so that part of your mind needs to be distracted from what otherwise would become boring.

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