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Flow : the psychology of optimal experience / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper & Row, c1990.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 303 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0060162538
  • 9780060162535
  • 0060920432
  • 9780060920432
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2 20
LOC classification:
  • BF575.H27 C85 1990
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Contents:
Happiness revisited -- The anatomy of consciousness -- Enjoyment and the quality of life -- The conditions of flow -- The body in flow -- The flow of thought -- Work as flow -- Enjoying solitude and other people -- Cheating chaos -- The making of meaning.
Summary: 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 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 and greatly improve the quality of our lives.
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BF575.G7 C274 2022 Bittersweet : BF575.H27 B759 2023 Build the life you want : BF575.H27C85 1990 C.1 Flow : BF575.H27C85 1990 C.2 Flow : BF575.H27 H375 2022 The happiness trap : BF575.H27 S45 2002 Authentic happiness : BF575.H27 W35 2023 C1 The good life :

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-303).

Happiness revisited -- The anatomy of consciousness -- Enjoyment and the quality of life -- The conditions of flow -- The body in flow -- The flow of thought -- Work as flow -- Enjoying solitude and other people -- Cheating chaos -- The making of meaning.

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 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 and greatly improve the quality of our lives.

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