Finding Flow: The Psychology Of Engagement With Everyday Life (Masterminds (Paperback)) - Softcover

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465024114 ISBN 13: 9780465024117

Publisher: Basic Books, 1998

Synopsis

Part psychological study, part self-help book, this is a prescriptive guide that aims to help us reclaim ownership of our lives. The key is to challenge ourselves with tasks requiring a high degree of skill and commitment and thus learn the joy of complete engagement.

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Review:

"Csikszentmihalyi eloquently argues that living fully in the here and now requires that one heed the lessons of the past"--New York Times Book Review

"This famous psychologist of 'peak experience' returns to the themes of his 1990 classic, Flow, how to reach the peak through focused energy, and how humans mark the universe in unique ways-but this time the explanation is shorter, sharper, and far more accessible."--Utne Reader

"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has a genius for illuminating phenomena that perplex most behavioral scientists. In this brilliant synthesis, he shows how all of us can enhance our work, our play, our lives."--Howard Gardner, author of Multiple Intelligences

"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a man obsessed by happiness."--Richard Flaste, New York Times Magazine

Synopsis:

Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: during much of the day we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations, while during our leisure moments, we tend to live in passive boredom. The key, according to Csikszentmihalyi, is to challenge ourselves with tasks requiring a high degree of skill and commitment. Instead of watching television, play the piano. Transform a routine task by taking a different approach. In short, learn the joy of complete engagement. Thought they appear simple, the lessons in Finding Flow are life-altering.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0465024114
• ISBN 13: 9780465024117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192