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The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to it's limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something

The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to it's limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Effort, Mind, Body

Flow is hard to achieve without effort. Flow is not 'wasting time.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Effort, Flow, Wasting Time

It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were. When we choose a goal and invest ourselves in it to the limits of concentration, whatever we do will be enjoyable. And once we have tasted this joy, we will redouble our efforts to taste it again. This is the way the self grows.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Self, Goal, Effort
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2013). “Flow: The Psychology of Happiness”, p.42, Random House

Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Skills, Effort, Demand
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

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