Flow-The psychology of optimal experience by Mihaly Csikzsentmihalyi

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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
• Why it is important to know what you want to do in any given moment
• Specific activities you can do that produce flow easily and naturally
• How to improve your experience of work so you feel in control and rewarded by it
• Keys to harnessing the power of concentration
• The difference between pleasure and enjoyment (only one leads to personal growth)
• How to match challenges with skills to avoid boredom and frustration and maximize enjoyment

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 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.

"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced ""ME-high CHICK-sent-me-high-ee""; but don’t worry, there won’t be a quiz) is a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. He came to popular attention when his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience was mentioned on the 1993 Super Bowl broadcast as having inspired the coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

According to Professor Csikszentmihalyi, a joyful life ""is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe….Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person.""

"Many people feel that the time they spend at work is essentially wasted?they are alienated from it, and the psychic energy invested in the job does nothing to strengthen their self," he observes. "For quite a few people free time is also wasted. Leisure provides a relaxing respite from work, but it generally consists of passively absorbing information, without using any skills or exploring new opportunities for action. As a result life passes in a sequence of boring and anxious experiences over which a person has little control."

But it doesn’t have to be this way. During his years of research the professor has identified a state of happiness that he calls "flow." When an individual is engaged in a well defined task of his own choosing that is both challenging and within his capacities, he will experience "optimal experience" during its performance. This is "flow."

A flow-type experience includes one or more of the following features. A task we have a possibility of completing.
Ability to concentrate on the task.
The task has clear goals and provides immediate feedback.
We act from a deep but effortless involvement that removes quotidian concerns.
We have a sense of control.
Concern for self disappears during the task, but the sense of self is stronger after the flow experience is over.
The sense of the passage of time alters.
"For more than 30 years I have been studying happiness," says Csikszentmihalyi. "My interest in this subject came from my own experience during World War II when, as a child, I saw many adults being completely destroyed by the tragic events of the war. Among these people there were always a few who kept their courage, reached out to help others, and were able to give a sense of purpose and meaning to their lives. I wanted to discover about how one could build a life that was more fulfilling and enjoyable. I chose the discipline of psychology to seek out some answers."

In Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, the professor explores what makes life worth living through interviews with the great achievers of our time. His research confirms that people are most likely to experience ""flow"" when immersed in creative work that they love. Csikszentmihalyi thus provides a scientific basis for the experience of the fictional Howard Roark, for whom the job of architecture is a combination of ""holy sacrament, Indian torture and sexual ecstasy.""

Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This is the ABRIDGED 2-CD version; not to be confused with the unabridged version entitled "Flow: Living at the Peak of Your Abilities"
Listening Length: 1 hour and 49 minutes
1 M4B @ 64 kbps, 44 kHz, Mono
Release Date: July 2002

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