Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Paperback

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.

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/06/1998
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780465024117

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 05/10/1998 pg. 32

About the Author
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University and the founder and co-director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is the author of a number of books, including the bestselling Flow, The Evolving Self, Creativity, and Being Adolescent. He lives in Claremont, California.