Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
work quest
"A quest by definition involves seeking, and by seeking, it’s assumed
you don’t know the answers to something. It means you are after
something that matters - to you and possibly to a group or organization.
Quests awaken a desire for meaning & mastery.
"But seeking in a
quest also means that uncertainty, ambiguity, and novelty are part of
the game. Seeking in a quest also requires facing - not avoiding -
challenges and taking risks."
" Optimal risk and novelty lead to enduring flow states. That’s the conclusion of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
of Claremont Graduate University after he researched, interviewed, and
studied thousands of deeply gratified writers, scientists, artists, rock
climbers, and others who persisted in their work despite no or little
guarantee of fame or fortune.
What kept them going? Not profit or
high performance reports but feeling. It was the feeling state they
experienced when consistently engaged in stimulating activities that
involved optimal risk and novelty.
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