Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

I think there is only one person who can judge what I can do behind the steering wheel - and that's myself.

Of all the judgments we make through life, none are more important than the estimate we place on ourselves according to our own internal standards.

Children who plan their own schedules and evaluate their own work build up their brains and learn to take more responsibility.

I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

Each person is his own judge.

We have our own agency; we should be judged by our own work.

I'm my own judge, and I hope my track record speaks to that.

I know him very well, but I think Alessandro Del Piero knows himself the best, better than everyone else, so only he can answer the question if he needs to stop or needs to play. It's his own decision.

I do not need to hear how I am judged by others. I know by myself if I can be satisfied or not with my work.

Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within.

Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.

It's what you're worth.

All players are their own worst critics. We are harder on ourselves than anyone else is.

I'd discovered you never know yourself until you're tested and that you don't even know you're being tested until afterwards, and that in fact there isn't anyone giving the test except yourself.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don’t do this.

A student comes to me with a piece of writing, holds it out, says, 'Is this good?' A whole sequence of emergencies goes off in my mind. That's not a question to ask anyone but yourself.

Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.

Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.

All of my projects are done right because I know the game, and I consider myself a rap expert.

Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.

Stringent standards of self-evaluation [can] make otherwise objective successes seem to be personal failures