Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.

傲慢的人突然显达，上天也会惩罚他；疏漏放纵的人，努力求进取，上天也会宽容他的行为。

我坚持花很多时间，几乎每天，只是坐下来思考。这在美国商业环境中非常罕见。我阅读并且思考。因此，我比大多数商业人士阅读和思考得更多，也更少做出冲动性的决策。我这么做，是因为我喜欢这样的生活。

"I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up."

Ingersoll's story of the man that went down from heaven on a reduced-rate excursion ticket good for 30 days --- and tried to sell his return ticket.