Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Le…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2009). Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and, p.5, Harper Collins
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Control of consciousness determines the quality of life. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2009). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, p.26, Harper Collins
Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept wit … ▶
And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.
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The more a person feels skilled, the more her moods will improve; while the more challenges that are present, the more her attention will become focused and concentrated. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2 … ▶

Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2009). Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and, p.5, Harper Collins

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