Optimal experience is something we make happen.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
What is Flow
and Why Does it Matter?
Excellence Self Confidence & Control
Enjoyment Purpose Meaning
Flow commands our total attention, stretches us to our limits, helps us make order from chaos, energizes us for excellence, and expands our power to defeat anxiety, boredom, and conformity.
Advancing the Practical Positive Psychology of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1934-2021
https://www.cgu.edu/news/2021/10/passings-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-the-father-of-flow-1934-2021/
BACK IN THE 1950s, when Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was 16 and traveling in Switzerland (but with no money to enjoy skiing or even go to a movie), he heard about a free lecture in Zurich. The lecture was on the topic of flying saucers.
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