Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like. Is what you do for a living making you ill? Does it keep you from becoming a more fully realized person? Do you feel ashamed of what you have to do at work? All too often, the answer to such questions is yes. Yet it does not have to be like that. Work can be one of the most joyful, most fulfilling aspects of life. Whether it will be or not depends on the actions we collectively take.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThose periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiThere will be no good business unless the majority comes to agree that we should demand more from business than large quarterly returns.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiPeople who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiHappiness is not something that happens ... It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiStudying creativity is not an elite distraction, but provides one of the most exciting models for living.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiProblems are solved only when we devote a great deal of attention to them and in a creative way...to have a good life, it is not enough to remove what is wrong with it. We also need a positive goal, otherwise why keep going? Creativity is one answer to that question - It provides one of the most exciting models for living.
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