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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • 1 highlight
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The non-stop comparison game that Maximizers play usually makes them miserable. We could say that maximizers are more driven by mimetic desire than the “Satisificers”—those who are satisfied with finding “the right fit” rather than needing to maximize every outcome.We not only want the things that we can’t have; we don’t want things unless other pe... See more
Luke Burgis • What People Are Really Doing When They Play Hard to Get
It makes sense that constant comparison makes us unhappy. I think back to a study I read a few years ago. When passengers board an airplane and walk through first-class on their way to their seats, passengers are then more likely to engage in acts of air rage and aggression than when they board from the middle of the plane. Subtle reminders of our ... See more
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The Wayward Mind by Guy Claxton.
Joe Vitale • Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More
Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
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They developed an iPhone app (the irony of this is not lost on me) that contacted more than 2,250 volunteers at random intervals to ask how happy they were, what they were currently doing, and whether they had been concentrating on their current activity or thinking about the past or future. Killingsworth and Gilbert found that the quality of one’s
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