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Do What You Love, The Way You Like To Do It
Einstein understood the value of developing an informal avocation. “Mainly play the things on the piano which please you,” he tells his son, “even if the teacher does not assign those.”
Doing what you love, the way you like to do it, he goes on, “is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes."
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The Reward Of Positive Emotions Give Sense Of Meaning
Contrary to our usual conceptions of using one’s “skills to the utmost,” Csikszentmihalyi tells us that the reward for entering such a state is not the material benefits it generates, but the positive emotions. ...
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Do What We Love To The Best Of Our Abilities For Sheer Pleasure
“The lack of basic material resources contributes to unhappiness,” Csikszentmihalyi’s data demonstrates, “but the increase in material resources does not increase happiness.”
While none of us can be Einstein, Csikszentmihalyi tells...
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Creative Immersion, Flow ~ Human Flourishing
Csikszentmihalyi’s insights into human flourishing mirror Einstein’s: he calls such creative immersion “flow,” or the state of “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake.”
"The ego falls ...
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Albert Einstein Tells His Son The Key to Learning & Happiness is Losing Yourself in Creativity (or “Finding Flow”)
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Lawyer turned Artist Visionary Curator & Gallerist. Empowering self-love and joy through art & words. www.innerjoyart.com 💝 Instagram : dymphna.art
Flow is indeed a lovely state to be in. Sharing this here as a reminder to self and to everyone else too.
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Find What You Love to Do and Do It
Focus on doing something you love.
When you’ve found what you’re passionate about, you get the motivation to keep you moving.
How to reap the benefits of reading literature
- Pay close attention to the text from the beginning. It will prepare you to reflect, participate, and ask questions.
- Read and then read again. There are so many things that happen in literature that you cannot understand everything the first time y...
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