Martin Seligman Quotes

Flow occurs in your life when your highest skills are matched to challenges that quite exactly meet them.

I wake up, and I'm in the zone... My performance is the continuation of my life.

The only way you can be the best at something is to be the best you can be.

I don't know when I will peak and be at my best but I am learning every day and as long as I keep doing that I am happy.

A lot of marathon runners access flow state. That's why it's so addictive: because they just get into this state where they're just completely one - they are in complete oneness. That's what happens to me when I play music and, I suppose, a lot of other people, too, which is why we do it.

A typical day is full of anxiety and boredom. Flow experiences provide the flashes of intense living against this dull background.

Optimal experience is that rare occasion when we feel a sense of exhilaration, a deep sense of enjoyment that is long cherished and that becomes a landmark in memory for what life should be like.

Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen.

I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks.

Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.

People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.

Flow is an optimal state in which you feel totally engaged in an activity...In a state of flow, you're neither bored nor anxious, and you don't question your own adequacy. Hours pass without your noticing.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

If YOU want to BUILD and MAINTAIN a POSITIVE ATTITUDE, get into the habit of LIVING IN THE PRESENT and DOING IT NOW.

By becoming unhappy, we sometimes learn how to be less so.

Focus on your strengths.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

It's fun to challenge yourself and take advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves.

The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

You can choose to think in ways that will support you in your happiness and success instead of ways that don't.

Actually to be a champion your goal is to be a little bit better each day, making sure that every day is an opportunity to be at your best.

Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.