Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

ISBN 10: 0743525043 ISBN 13: 9780743525046

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant, 2002

Synopsis

SUCCESS CAN BE YOURS WITH
MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI'S FLOW
The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs gives you the tools to unleash the secret of peak performance.
Remember the last time that you were so focused, so motivated that you felt at the absolute top of your form -- alert, energized and free of self-consciousness? Chances are you were experiencing flow -- an almost euphoric state of concentration and complete involvement.
Now, esteemed psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals how you can achieve this state of mind at will -- and turn everyday experience into a moment by moment opportunity for joy and self-fulfillment. Drawing on over 30 years of breakthrough research into what makes people satisfied, he explains the key elements of the flow experience, including how to:

• Use flow to release yourself from anxiety and boredom
• Redirect your energy and take control
• Set clear goals
• Harmonize all the elements of your life
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Review:

You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is "flow," an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding--an experience that Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that flow is a singularly productive and desirable state. But the implications for its application to society are what make the book revolutionary.

About the Author:

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a professor of human development and education at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety, Talented Teenagers, The Evolving Self and Flow, on which this audio experience has captured the attention of psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists and corporations the world over. His research is being used by educators, business executives and cultural institutions because his findings have much to offer anyone interested in improving his understanding of how people can perform optimally in every area of life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0743525043
• ISBN 13: 9780743525046
• Binding: Audio CD