Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1997). Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life, Basic Books
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The task is to learn how to enjoy everyday life without diminishing other people's chances to enjoy theirs. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool for making profits into a creative, human … ▶
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Other things equal, a life filled with complex flow activities is more worth living than one spent consuming passive entertainment. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1997). Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life, Basic Books

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