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Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.

Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Order, Giving, Attention
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Strong, Business, Giving
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.38, Penguin

If a leader demonstrates that his purpose is noble, that the work will enable people to connect with something large - more permanent than their material existence - people will give the best of themselves to the enterprise

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
People, Giving, Leader

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