false 2897682 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 66354 9 64339 1990 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience total:907|5:300|4:351|3:207|2:38|1:11| 907 3612 1706 148 27446 3.90 1422 223 4896692 216284 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.99 868 1990 4 2 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Aug 21 15:47:24 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 15:50:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 31211311 1441574 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 0 1 false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 03:09:30 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 21:23:33 -0700 2008 1
This state of mind can be best described as one where the participant's consciousness is so involved in its activity that self-consciousness disappears, in a way similar to me...more...]]> 26881061 91127 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 0 1 false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:14:01 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 14:29:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14103260 177731 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 1 false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 30 17:16:49 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 25 07:49:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 401886 37333 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 1 false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Mar 23 17:11:54 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 00:08:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2930540 59842 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 22:32:45 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 23:51:45 -0700 2007
sounds a little dry, but I found it b...more...]]> 63322271 1938544 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Mon Jul 13 13:48:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:02:16 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 62118857 1784569 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:12:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:25:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67836939 1325473 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 0 false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 21:04:56 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 17:22:43 -0700 2009 is a very humane science book that takes concepts and discoveries and relates it back to what it is we care about the most: our own happiness. It seems like a rather ambitious goal for a scientist to tackle (I would think philosophy or religion would have been an ...more...]]> 67773670 1039365 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 3 0 false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:09:34 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:26:50 -0700 2009
Flow defines a state of "optimal experience" where a p...more...]]> 46066623 1361138 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Feb 11 14:03:04 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 13:57:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4489711 275961 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 5 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Aug 13 13:38:24 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:01:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42315218 84456 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 0 false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 22:16:44 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 22:35:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 60560868 1797445 961640 0712657592 9780712657594 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179839303m/961640.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179839303s/961640.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/961640.Flow_The_Classic_Work_on_How_to_Achieve_Happiness 4.09 11 1990 2 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:58:58 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 18:34:38 -0700 2009 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness. Although I found the book entertaining during the first few chapters, reading it became increasingly wary as the chapters passed.

“Flow” as Mr. Csikszentmihalyi defines the term is a ...more...]]> 2056799 127188 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 3 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 12:24:33 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:48:40 -0800 2009 44799493 852771 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 4 0 false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:00:32 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 21:28:44 -0800 2009 Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Sounds like the premise of a self-help book? Not quite. 'mihlayi's c...more...]]> 37771048 73783 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 3 0 false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 21:36:45 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 20:10:10 -0800 2008
I was really excited to read this book. The first half of the book was so interesting that I was in flow as I read about flow itself. I must say it was unreal. The concept of flow is a very powerful and useful framework to look at what m...more...]]> 39840463 662059 2897682 0743525043 9780743525046 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2897682.Flow_The_Psychology_Of_Optimal_Experience 3.00 4 1990 3 0 false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:12:46 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 23:21:47 -0800 2008
Aside from the length, the idea of "Flow" and the m...more...]]> 74028889 1424556 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 18:56:38 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:06:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 58623933 2361187 66354 0060920432 9780060920432 136 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609m/66354.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170649609s/66354.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow_The_Psychology_of_Optimal_Experience 3.98 907 1990 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Fri Jun 05 23:23:53 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 23:02:45 -0700 2009
Flow is the theory that people are most happy when they are in a state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity at hand.

In an inter...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2897682