010: How To Unlock The Secret To Happiness - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Lessons from Finding Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He was a professor of psychology and education at the University of Chicago, and he's the author of the bestselling Flow. Finding Flow is a guide to reclaiming ownership of our lives. And a call to dedicate our lives to increasing our capacity for flow states through complete engagement to achieve higher satisfaction levels. - 00:00- What is flow? 04:43 - Why you want flow states in your life? 06:20 - Psychic entropy 08:00 - Industrial revolution and the desire for leisure time 09:47 - The difference in work styles of the West and tribes 12:10 - Workaholic vs. craftsman 14:50 - Happiness requires flow states 16:25 - Do activities that give you purpose and dream big 19:10 - Why having a goal is a perquisite for achieving flow 20:25 - Don’t let genetics or environment determine your life 23:48 - Meditation as an example of getting into flow 27:00 - The opposite of flow is hell 30:15 - Active vs. passive leisure activities 41:02 - The killer of flow states & embracing solitude to increase your capacity for flow 46:00 - Autotelic individual and doing work that decreases entropy 51:05 - Challenges - IJ Makan is a philosopher, designer, and martial artist. - Social & Website Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ijmakan⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://becomingantifragile.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ijmakan.substack.com

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