A paycheck is a sufficient impetus to motivate some employees to do the minimum amount to get by, and for others, the challenge of getting ahead in the organization provides a satisfactory focus for a while. But these incentives alone are rarely strong enough to inspire workers to give their best to their work. For this a vision is needed, an overarching goal that gives meaning to the job, so that an individual can forget himself in the task and experience flow without doubts or regrets. The most important component of such a vision is an ingredient we call soul.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiA business is successful to the extent that it provides a product or service that contributes to happiness in all of its forms.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiPeople without an internalized symbolic system can all too easily become captives of the media.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiTo gain control over the quality of experience, one needs to learn how to build enjoyment into what happens day in, day out.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi