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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
How to make the process enjoyable
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, in his index-less but otherwise very fine book, Flow; the Psychology of Optimal Experience (New York: Harper & Row, 1990) gives, on pp. 209-211, gives four steps for structuring an experience to make it what he calls "autotelic", and an enjoyable challenge.
Here they are:
1. Set goals, have clear goals to work toward.
2. Become immersed in the activity.
3. Pay attention to what is happening.
4. Enjoy the immediate experience.
I agree with this. I do wish he'd included an index, though. But go to this book and read the entire thing. It's nearly 20 years old now, but it has fresh insights.
I still wish he'd indexed the book.
I'm trying to help people network more productively. Is this helping?
Connecting makes Your Stop for Real Estate , my real estate referral business, go. See www.yourstopforrealestate.blogspot.com.
It powers my approach to writing. See www.kearneymusicschoolmurders.blogspot.com where you can read my mystery for free, download it for free or buy it from Amazon.com more cheaply than you can print it.
It fuels my publishing outlet, By and for Writers. See www.byandforwriters.blogspot.com where you can get a poem or a short story published.
It is fueled by my reading and thinking and talking about entrepreneurship. For those ideas, go to www.hatman2.blogspot.com.So
Here they are:
1. Set goals, have clear goals to work toward.
2. Become immersed in the activity.
3. Pay attention to what is happening.
4. Enjoy the immediate experience.
I agree with this. I do wish he'd included an index, though. But go to this book and read the entire thing. It's nearly 20 years old now, but it has fresh insights.
I still wish he'd indexed the book.
I'm trying to help people network more productively. Is this helping?
Connecting makes Your Stop for Real Estate , my real estate referral business, go. See www.yourstopforrealestate.blogspot.com.
It powers my approach to writing. See www.kearneymusicschoolmurders.blogspot.com where you can read my mystery for free, download it for free or buy it from Amazon.com more cheaply than you can print it.
It fuels my publishing outlet, By and for Writers. See www.byandforwriters.blogspot.com where you can get a poem or a short story published.
It is fueled by my reading and thinking and talking about entrepreneurship. For those ideas, go to www.hatman2.blogspot.com.So
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