Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceHarper Collins, 13. okt 2009 - 336 pages “Csikszentmihalyi arrives at an insight that many of us can intuitively grasp, despite our insistent (and culturally supported) denial of this truth. That is, it is not what happens to us that determines our happiness, but the manner in which we make sense of that reality. . . . The manner in which Csikszentmihalyi integrates research on consciousness, personal psychology and spirituality is illuminating.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review The bestselling classic that holds the key to unlocking meaning, creativity, peak performance, and true happiness. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi ("the leading researcher into ‘flow states’" —Newsweek) demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness, unlock our potential, and greatly improve the quality of our lives. |
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... individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe. This book tries instead to present general principles, along with concrete examples of how some people have used these principles, to transform boring and meaningless lives into ...
... individuals from many different walks of life. These studiessuggested that optimal experiences weredescribed inthesame way by menandwomen, by young peopleand old, regardlessofcultural differences. Theflow experiencewas not justa ...
... individuals from many different walks of life. These studies suggested that optimal experiences were described in the same way by men and women, by young people and old, regardless of cultural differences. The flow experience was not ...
... individual lives discussed. But what follows is not going to be a “how-to” book. There are literally thousands of such volumes in print or on the remainder shelves of book-stores, explaining how to get rich, powerful, loved, or slim ...
... individual. To understand why some things we do are more enjoyable than others, we shall review the conditions of the flow experience (chapter 4). “Flow” is the way people describe their state of mind when consciousness is harmoniously ...
Contents
Enjoyment and the Quality of Life | |
The Conditions of Flow | |
The Body in Flow | |
Autotelic Jobs | |
Enjoying Solitude and Other People | |
Tragedies Transformed | |
Coping with Stress | |
A Summary | |
The Making of Meaning | |
Notes | |
References | |
Other editions - View all
Flow: The Classic Work on how to Achieve Happiness Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi No preview available - 2002 |