Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Recommended by 11 sources and appears in Knowledge, Focus, and Creativity.
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,...
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Recommended by 11 sources and appears in Knowledge, Focus, and Creativity.
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