Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series)
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series)
Author: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly.
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 1998-04-06
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
MSRP: 16.99
ISBN13: 9780465024117
ISBN: 0465024114
Other ISBN: 9781541647459
Other ISBN Binding: print
Language: en
Store Location: Self Help
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From one of the pioneers of the scientific study of happiness, an indispensable guide to living your best life.
What makes a good life? Is it money? An important job? Leisure time? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believes our obsessive focus on such measures has led us astray. Work fills our days with anxiety and pressure, so that during our free time, we tend to live in boredom, watching TV or absorbed by our phones.
What are we missing? To answer this question, Csikszentmihalyi studied thousands of people, and he found the key. People are happiest when they challenge themselves with tasks that demand a high degree of skill and commitment, and which are undertaken for their own sake. Instead of watching television, play the piano. Take a routine chore and figure out how to do it better, faster, more efficiently. In short, learn the hidden power of complete engagement, a psychological state the author calls flow. Though they appear simple, the lessons in Finding Flow are life-changing.