On Sale: Apr 6, 1998
Page Count: 192 pages
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN-13: 9780465024117

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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

“A brilliant synthesis…shows how all of us can enhance our work, our play, our lives.” ―Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind

What makes a good life? Is it money? An important job? Leisure time? 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, pioneering psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied thousands of people. He found that 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.

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"Csikszentmihalyi eloquently argues that living fully in the here and now requires that one heed the lessons of the past."
New York Times Book Review
"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has a genius for illuminating phenomena that perplex most behavioral scientists. In this brilliant synthesis, he shows how all of us can enhance our work, our play, our lives."
Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind
"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a man obsessed by happiness."
New York Times Magazine
“In a world where it’s become harder and harder to focus, [Csikszentmihalyi’s] work on flow has become even more important.”
Laurie Santos, Yale University
"This famous psychologist of 'peak experience' returns to the themes of his 1990 classic, Flow, how to reach the peak through focused energy, and how humans mark the universe in unique ways-but this time the explanation is shorter, sharper, and far more accessible."
Utne Reader

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021) was Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University and the founder and codirector of the Quality of Life Research Center. He was the author or coauthor of a number of books, including the bestselling Flow, Finding Flow, and Creativity.

Barbara Schneider is the John A. Hannah Chair and University Distinguished Professor in the College of Education and Department of Sociology at Michigan State University. She has coauthored or coedited a number of books, including Learning Science, The Ambitious Generation, and Transforming Schools.

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