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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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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abuzar.ali1

Amazing book
Wonderful guide

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aimee23
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"The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile."

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violabrain
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Mehso-so

Unpopular opinion, but I found this book very disappointing. I have known about flow for about 20 years, but had never read this classic book. I found the vast majority of it boring and full of lazy generalizations that aren‘t necessarily backed up by research. Too bad.

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Eggs
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Ddzmini
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This 💁🏼‍♀️

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Senteisu

Activity and reflection should ideally complement and support each other. Action by itself is blind, reflection impotent. Before investing great amounts of energy in a goal, it pays to raise the fundamental questions:
Is this something I really want to do? Is this something I enjoy doing? Am I likely to enjoy it in the foreseeable future? Is the price that I - and others - will have to pay worth it?

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Senteisu

We must constantly reevaluate what we do, lest habits and past wisdom blind us to new possibilities

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Eggs
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@Mitch #50Kreadinglifegiveaway here is my composed sentence of how I see my reading life (not that it‘s exactly 5 words per-say but it is how I feel about my reading life 😋📖)

Flows-easily with fantastic adventures and learning.

Mitch Brilliant. Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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maylleable
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"Flow is important both because it makes the present instant more enjoyable, and because it builds the self confidence that allows us to develop skills and make significant contributions to humankind."
Each page of this book gives you enough thoughts to ponder on for a week.

penspencilspapers I'm convinced! Getting soon! 6y
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maylleable Thank you so much you guys 😊❤ Haven't seen a community this engaging! 6y
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DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!!🎉📚👍😀Hope you enjoy it here! 7y
RaimeyGallant Welcome to Litsy from me too! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo just put some together. 7y
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Mail mail mail! #Bookmail
Happiness book, happy day! 💌

#happy #QuotsyFeb18 @TK-421

DrexEdit Oh! I like this book! I used to own a copy but I don't think I still have it. 7y
Tanisha_A @DrexEdit Oh! Thanks for the quick review. I have no idea when will I actually get to it. 😶 7y
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Eggs Love Mihaly C. 💕 7y
Tanisha_A @Eggs I have heard good things about this one! 🙂 7y
Eggs Another is Pursuing Human Strengths 7y
Eggs Also Authentic Happiness by Martin Seligman 7y
Tanisha_A @Eggs Thank you for these suggestions! I will check them out! 😃 7y
Eggs You're welcome 💕💕 @Tanisha_A 7y
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“The time is always right to do what is right.” #QuotableMLK #Quote #MLK #FlowMagazine

Eggs 💕Mihaly C. (edited) 7y
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Truth

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MayJasper Hello 👋 7y
Ddzmini Thank you CrowCAH, EchoLogical, LauraBrook, and MayJasper this book is definitely a good read 7y
Kimzey So many other authors refer to this book, but I‘ve never read Flow. Into my TBR list it goes! 7y
Tadams4 So love this book! Great read! 7y
DrexEdit Love this book. Great quote! Welcome to Litsy! 😊 7y
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GoneFishing
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To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.

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kklemaster
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"however well-intentioned, books cannot give recipes for how to be happy... whether we are happy depends on inner harmony."

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