Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience in Science and Inquiry

Apr 14, 2019 GONZA rated it really liked it

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Interesting vision of life, that introduces me to the autotelic personality, which I find a great definition for a target in life. Some other information I already knew from the perspective of the positive psychology, but it is always good to read them again.

Una visione interessante della vita, che introduce anche la personalitá autotelica, che credo sia un'ottima definizione per il mio nuovo scopo nella vita. Altre notizie e argomentazioni mi erano giá note dalla psicologia positiva, ma che fa ...more

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Mar 19, 2011 Chinook rated it it was ok

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There is no question that to survive, and especially to survive in a complex society, it is necessary to work for external goals and to postpone immediate gratifications. But a person does not have to be turned into a puppet jerked about by social controls. The solution is to gradually become free of societal rewards and learn how to substitute for them rewards that are under one's own powers. This is not to say that we should abandon every gal endorsed by societ ...more

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Feb 20, 2012 Tomasz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi sets out to find a scientific approach for reaching the optimal experience - or flow - which is a sense of deep immersion within one's activities which brings a level of enjoyment that could be described as 'happiness'. This search, while providing a valuable and fresh insights along the way, produces a set of specific guidelines how to make an experience unique and enjoyable in a fashion that brings satisfaction, sense of achievement and fulfillment.

In contrast to multip ...more

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