[Neurons] Fwd: Honoring Csikszentmihalyi

[Anthony Pinto]

Anthony Pinto ptony at mysatori.com.my <mailto:ptony at mysatori.com.my>

Honouring the father of the science of Flow, Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

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> From: "Steven Kotler" <sk at stevenkotler.com>
> Subject: Honoring Csikszentmihalyi
> Date: 22 October 2021 at 7:35:19 AM MYT
> To: "Anthony" <ptony at mysatori.com.my>
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> Hey there,
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> It’s a heavy week for flow science. 
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> Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi passed away the morning of the 20th of October 2021, at his home in Claremont, California.
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> Csikszentmihalyi was the founding father of Flow Science and Positive Psychology and arguably one of the greatest thinkers of the last century. 
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> The world lost a good one this week. 
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> This summary of his life and contribution was crafted by his son, Mark: May the Flow be with you, Mihaly <https://flowresearchcollective.lt.acemlnb.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZmxpZ2J5LmNvbSUyRm1heS10aGUtZmxvdy1iZS13aXRoLXlvdS1taWhhbHklMkY=&sig=2oipdpufs9C1s9G57m1DptvaSxfTMVZskXudZnHci3fy&iat=1634859528&a=%7C%7C649675155%7C%7C&account=flowresearchcollective%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=ADESOWvj2VmHNfs2P1ozXQ6%2B9Iv5X744XHhskJW8cv4%3D&s=157632d181a9230d095cebd4b8407b88&i=1133A21726A1A18406>. We recommend checking it out. 
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> At Flow Research Collective, we’re forever indebted to Csikszentmihalyi for the path forward he paved with flow. 
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> Our hearts go out to Mihaly's family during this challenging time. 
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> Please keep them in your thoughts.
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> Steven Kotler and the Flow Research Collective
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> P.S. Finding a favorite Csikszentmihalyi quote is a near impossible task. He wrote hundreds of thousands of brilliant words. Here’s one we liked to bear in mind today:
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> "The best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times—although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. 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.
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> Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage. For each person there are thousands of opportunities, challenges to expand ourselves."
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> — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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