It is the full involvement of flow, rather than happiness that makes for excellence in life. p32 Finding Flow; The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life" by Mihaly Csikszenthihalyi
In order to experience flow, it helps to have clear goals - not becuase it is the achieving of the goals that is necessarily important, but because without a goal it is difficult to concentrate and avoid distractions. Ibid, 137
Creativity springs from the deepest places within us - our hearts, our souls, our senses. In fact, creativity expert Mihaly Csikszenthihalyi has called it "the central source of meaning in our lives". So it's not surprising that integrating creativity into our work helps both our clients and ourselves, allowing us to be fully present to dreams, visions, and possibilities. http://www.cd-forums.org/index.php?showtopic=300
http://www.jenovachen.com/flowingames/designfig.htm#_Toc135000005Finding Flow - The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life by Mihaly Csikszenthihalyi
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