Using this scheme, it can be said that games offer opportunities to go beyond the boundaries of ordinary experience in four different ways. In agonistic games, the participant must stretch her skills to meet the challenge provided by the skills of the opponents. The roots of the word “compete” are the Latin con petire, which meant “to seek together.” What each person seeks is to actualize her potential, and this task is made easier when others force us to do our best.
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Select a background
More quotes by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.