Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780465024117)

From the bestselling author of Flow and 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, absorbed by our screens.

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 scrolling on your phone, 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
ISBN-10: 0465024114
ISBN-13: 9780465024117
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 04/06/1998
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d

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