Optimal Experience Is Thus Something That We

There Are Two Main Strategies We Can Try To Improve The Quality Of Life. The First Is To Try Making External Conditions Match Our Goals. The Second Is To Change How We Experience External Conditions To Make Them Fit Our Goals Better.

Getting Control Of Life Is Never Easy, And Sometimes It Can Be Definitely Painful.

To Be Creative, A Person Has To Internalize The Entire System That Makes Creativity Possible. Creative Individuals Are Remarkable For Their Ability To Adapt To Almost Any Situation And To Make Do With Whatever Is At Hand To Reach Their Goals.

Our Jobs Determine To A Large Extent What Our Lives Are Like. Is What You Do For A Living Making You Ill? Does It Keep You From Becoming A More Fully Realized Person? Do You Feel Ashamed Of What You Have To Do At Work? All Too Often, The Answer To Such Questions Is Yes. Yet It Does Not Have To Be Like That. Work Can Be One Of The Most Joyful, Most Fulfilling Aspects Of Life. Whether It Will Be Or Not Depends On The Actions We Collectively Take.

Other Things Equal, A Life Filled With Complex Flow Activities Is More Worth Living Than One Spent Consuming Passive Entertainment.