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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · 1990
A psychological exploration of optimal experience and happiness, arguing that joy and fulfillment come from controlling one's inner experience and achieving full involvement with life rather than from external circumstances or direct pursuit of happiness.
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What this book knows
Happiness is not found but built: consciousness ordered through challenge-matched skill produces optimal experience that gives life meaning.
mind-and-cognition
those who take the trouble to gain mastery over what happens in consciousness do live a happier life
FPOE-RC-025during the flow experience the sense of time bears little relation to the passage of time as measured by the clock
FPOE-RC-068work-as-meaning
instead of using our physical and mental resources to experience flow, most of us spend many hours each week watching celebrated athletes
FPOE-RC-161People who have not learned to find flow in most things they undertake generally experience instrumental tasks as extrinsic
FPOE-RC-186self-and-identity
having achieved flow in one activity does not necessarily guarantee that it will be carried over to the rest of life
FPOE-RC-211If goals are well chosen, and if we have the courage to abide by them, we shall directly feel a sense of order in the warp and woof of life
FPOE-RC-224Illuminates
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