up:: Tags:: #🌱 # Autotelic personality Autotelic comes from the combination of two Greek words, "Auto" meaning self and "telic" meaning goal. A self goal. In his book, [[Flow The Psychology of Optimal Experience]], [[Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi]] explains that developing an autotelic personality comes with doing things for the inherent joy of doing them in itself. Those who fully succeed in this develop a non-self conscious individualism. They have a strongly directed purpose but are not self seeking. They try to do their best in all circumstances simply for the sake of doing their best. People with an autotelic personality are realized individuals [[The realized person learns to distance themselves from biological and social controls]]. Related: [[The autotelic personality is similar but different to the growth mindset]] [[Developing an autotelic personality makes it easier to enter flow more consistently]] [[Autotelic persons are not necessarily happier but they are involved in more complex activities]]. ___ # Resources