Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Lif

ISBN: 0465024114

Author: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

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From the bestselling author of Flow and 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, absorbed by our screens.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 scrolling on your phone, 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.

• 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 | "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."