Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow

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We are talking about optimal experiences and what makes an experience optimal is a state of consciousness, called “flow”, during which people experience deep fulfillment and total involvement with life. In Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who introduced the concept of flow and has been studying it for over thirty-five years, demonstrates the ways in which this positive state can be controlled and teaches us how, by carefully selecting the information that we allow into our consciousness, we can find authentic happiness, unlock our potential and improve the quality of our life.

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Analysis and key concepts

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Real happiness is found in the flow of optimal experiences

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Autotelic experience: a deep feeling of fulfilment in the present moment

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From deep involvement to the alteration of our sense of time: an identikit of optimal experiences

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The flow between body and mind: it is possible to make every moment an optimal experience

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The ability to adapt, an essential characteristic for dealing with stress and trauma

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Make your life a unified flow experience

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Take-home message

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Many useful tips to:

  • Find out how to use the mind’s potential and the five senses to the fullest.
  • Make our daily routine more interesting and meaningful.
  • Lead a happier, more fulfilling life, in line with our objectives.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934) is a professor of management at the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, and manages their Centre of Research on Quality of Life. Born in Fiume, Croatia, he immigrated to America when he was 22 and he studied psychology at the University of Chicago where, upon graduating, he began to teach and later, became the president of their Psychology Department. He has been studying Flow for over 35 years and Martin Seligman, ex-president of the American Psychological Association, called him the greatest researcher of positive psychology in the world. Csikszentmihalyi also wrote Beyond Boredom and Anxiety, The Evolving Self, and Creativity.

Publishing house:

Harper

Year:

2008

Pages:

336

ISBN:

978-0061339202