Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Basic Book
Keywords: life, masterminds, series, everyday, engagement, flow, psychology, finding
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1998-04-06
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0465024114
ISBN-13: 9780465024117

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 wit

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: invention, discovery, psychology, flow, creativity
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 1997-06-18
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0060928204
ISBN-13: 9780060928209

Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. The author’s objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab, so that knowledge can be used to enrich people’s lives. Drawing on 100 interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists to politicians and business leaders, poets and artists, as well as his 30 years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous theory to explore the creative process. He discusses such ideas as why crea

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: experience, optimal, psychology, flow
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1991-03-13
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0060920432
ISBN-13: 9780060920432

The bestselling introduction to "flow"--a groundbreaking psychological theory that shows readers how to improve the quality of life. "The way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism, but in mindful change."--New York Times Book Review

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Keywords: experience, optimal, psychology, flow
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0061339202
ISBN-13: 9780061339202

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 hap

Authors:Susan Jackson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: experiences, performances, optimal, keys, sports, flow
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1999-05-19
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0880118768
ISBN-13: 9780880118767

The experience of flow is still one of the least understood phenomena in sport. And yet it is one of the richest, most memorable experiences an athlete will ever know. Some call it a natural "high." Others refer to it as being "in a zone." Whatever the label, flow is that elusive and desired state of consciousness that athletes, coaches, and psychologists have tried to understand, harness, and employ to their benefit ever since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first coined the term back in the early 1970s. Written by Susan Jackson and the world-renowned Csikszentmihalyi, Flow in Sports both explains th

Authors:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Kevin Rathunde, Samuel Wh
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: studies, social, emotional, development, cambridge, failure, teenagers, roots, success, talented
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1996-11-13
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0521574633
ISBN-13: 9780521574631

Winner of the 1994 Social Policy Book Award of the Society for Research in AdolescenceBook DescriptionTalented Teenagers is a fascinating and absorbing examination of what makes adolescents tick: what roles personality traits, family interactions, education, and the social environment play in a young person’s motivation to develop his or her talent. Vivid descriptions in the students’ own words bring the material to life.

Author: Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiIsabella Selega Csikszentm
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: flow, consciousness, studies, psychological, experience, optimal
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1992-07-31
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0521438098
ISBN-13: 9780521438094

What constitutes enjoyment of life? Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness offers a comprehensive survey of theoretical and empirical investigations of the "flow" experience, a desirable or optimal state of consciousness that enhances a person’s psychic state. "Flow" can be said to occur when people are able to meet the challenges of their environment with appropriate skills, and accordingly feel a sense of well-being, a sense of mastery, and a heightened sense of self-esteem. The authors show the diverse contexts and circumstances in which flow is repo