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What is the relation between flow and happiness? This is a very interesting and delicate question. At first, it is easy to conclude that the two must be the same thing. But actually the connection is a bit more complex. First of all, when we are in flow, we do not usually feel happy—for the simple reason that in flow we feel only what is relevant to the activity. Happiness is a distraction. The poet in the middle of writing or the scientist working out equations does not feel happy, at least not without losing the thread of his or her thought. It is only after we get out of flow, at the end of a session or in moments of distraction within it, that we might indulge in feeling happy. And then there is the rush of well-being, of satisfaction that comes when the poem is completed or the theorem is proved. In the long run, the more flow we experience in daily life, the more likely we are to feel happy overall.
Creativity
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This listening made Smith realize that the freshman, despite all the concern about his strong personality and the woofing, was the lead candidate to replace Al Wood. "My greatest skill was being teach able," Jordan later observed. "I was like a sponge. Even if I thought my coaches were wrong, I tried to listen and learn something."
Michael Jordan
Roland Lazenby
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
- William James
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