We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished and that becomes a landmark in memory for what life should be like.. moments like these are not the passive, receptive, relaxing timesthe best moments usually occur when a personโs body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiFor better or worse, our future will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiI have devoted 30 years of research to how creative people live and work, to make more understandable the mysterious process by which they come up with new ideas and new things. [...] If I had to express in one word what makes their personalities different from others, it's complexity. They show tendencies of thought and action that in most people are segregated. They contain contradictory extremes; instead of being an "individual", each of them is a "multitude".
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiEven without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding.
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiIt is how people respond to stress that determines whether they will profit from misfortune or be miserable.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi