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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. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.

Csikszentmihalyi currently serves on boards and commissions for the U.S. Flow: The Psychology of Happiness His writings have focused on models of enjoyment and how various people access their creative potential. This article presents a review of the book “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,” by Michael Csikszentmihalyi. The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others He discusses how to experience flow - that one must become immersed in the activity and perform it for its own sake, in a manner that is not self-conscious.

This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. You know that uncle you have, who doesn't have any kids and loves to talk your ear off every Thanksgiving, and he's a really nice guy, and he seems to know a lot of stuff, but when you look up the stuff he quotes he seems to always have it a bit off, and he never seems to have a book with him so maybe he did all his reading when he was young, but there's no point calling bullshit on him, and you get a sense he's not really listening anyway -- well, this book is written by that guy. Lots of good information here, and interesting ways to reframe my approach to setting and acheiving goals. This is a book I will go back to again and again.

In the positive psychology world, Flow is a classic book, and for good reason.

Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. This book helped me to improve myself and change things I couldn't change as I didn't have the tools before.

It did not disappoint. Having slogged through this book, I'd vote for the latter.I read this for a class called "Human Pursuit of Euphoria" during the winter of 2003 at Exeter. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. This is a great read which dives into the physiology, phsycology and neurology of flow. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Flow is the state where all mental energies are concentrated on an event which results in the person attaining "optimal experience," which is basically happiness. Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. Ich kann es keinesfalls empfehlen, da es sich liest wie eine psychologische Doktorarbeit (sehr langweilig). Now at Claremont Graduate University, he is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College.A Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.