flow the psychology of optimal experience

Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason.' His works are influential and are widely cited. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished.

He once said 'Repression is not the way to virtue. Other virtues identified by civilizations and religions around the globe throughout human history such as high moral standards, righteousness, integrity, dignity, rectitude, honor, decency, respectability, nobility, worthiness, purity play no role in 'flow' because they don't lead. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, described Csikszentmihalyi as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology. When we choose a goal and invest ourselves in it to the limits of concentration, whatever we do will be enjoyable. The author reduces the ultimate human experience to the pursuit of personal pleasures. He is the author of many books and over 120 articles or book chapters. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, but is best known as the architect of the notion of flow and for his years of research and writing on the topic. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi ('the leading researcher into ‘flow states’' Newsweek) demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance.

Now at Claremont Graduate University, he is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22. Flow The Psychology of optimal experience By Mihaly Cziksentmihalyi Harper, 1990 Introduction This fascinating book is all about happiness and how to find it.

Flow the psychology of optimal experience