Mental
Why Happiness Isn't What You Think it Is
We chase comfort, convenience, and pleasure, thinking they lead to happiness. But Csikszentmihalyi's research reveals something counterintuitive: the moments we remember as our most fulfilling are when we were challenged, not comfortable.
The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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The thinker
Flow state researcher
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Hungarian-American psychologist who pioneered research on the psychological concept of flow, fundamentally changing how we understand optimal human experience.
Based on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness (TED), summarised and reframed by Insights.
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