Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
The best moments of our lives come not from passive comfort but from being fully absorbed in a challenge that stretches us — flow. Happiness isn’t found by chasing it; it’s the byproduct of total engagement in what we’re doing.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was a psychologist who spent decades interviewing people — from rock climbers to surgeons to assembly-line workers — about their most rewarding experiences. Published in 1990, this book is the result: a theory of “flow,” the state where skill and challenge are matched closely enough that self-consciousness disappears and action feels effortless.
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