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A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.

A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Freedom, Joy, Recipes
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

If you do anything well, it becomes enjoyable. To keep enjoying something, you need to increase its complexity.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Joy, Needs, Increase

How we feel about ourselves, the joy we get from living, ultimately depends directly on how the mind filters and interprets everyday experiences. Whether we are happy depends on inner harmony, not on the controls we are able to exert over the great forces of the universe.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Happiness, Laughter, Joy
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

It does not seem to be true that work necessarily needs to be unpleasant. It may always have to be hard, or at least harder than doing nothing at all. But there is ample evidence that work can be enjoyable, and that indeed, it is often the most enjoyable part of life.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Joy, Doe, Needs
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

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