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- The psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, has carried out fascinating research on what he terms "flow experiences." Mike Martin in Meaningful Work (2000) U.K.: Oxford,: 24, summarizes these in the following bullets:
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clear goals as one proceeds
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immediate feedback about progress
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a balance between challenges and our skills to respond to them
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immersion of awareness in the activity without disruptive distractions
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lack of worry about failure
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loss of anxious self-consciousness
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time distortions (either time flying or timeslowing pleasurably)
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the activity becomes autotelic: an end in itself, enjoyed as such
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