Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds Series)

From one of the pioneers of the scientific study of happiness an indispensable guide to living your best life.What makes a good life? Is it money? An important job? Leisure time? Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believes our obsessive focus on such measures has led us astray. Work fills our days with anxiety and pressure so that during our free time we tend to live in boredom watching TV or absorbed by our phones.What are we missing? To answer this question Csikszentmihalyi studied thousands of people and he found the key. 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 watching television 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.

Paperback: 192 pages

Publisher: Basic Books; 1st edition (April 6 1998)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780465024117

ISBN-13: 978-0465024117

ASIN: 0465024114

Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.5 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces