The book is also very good, amazing and well put together.
This book made a lot of sense to me – it explained the sense of control as being perhaps more important than conventional notions of ‘happiness’ and that satisfaction depends on the feeling that one has some control over their circumstances and actions.Īll in all, this is true even in the most controlled of circumstances, i.e., individuals who were political prisoners were given as one example. The author of this book is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)” is a great book that focuses on ways that we can encourage flow in our lives, and also talks about the perils of over-reliance on a particular flow activity – ie., the chess prodigy who is not competent in social gatherings, or the artist who only enjoys their life when painting but not outside of that activity. “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience is a great book that focuses on ways that we can encourage flow in our lives, and also talks about the perils of over-reliance on a particular flow activity – ie., the chess prodigy who is not competent in social gatherings, or the artist who only enjoys their life when painting but not outside of that activity. Download Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi PDF ebook free.