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. Though they appear simple, the lessons in Finding Flow are life-changing.įrom the bestselling author of Flow and one of the pioneers of the scientific study of happiness, an indispensable guide to living your best life. In short, learn the hidden power of complete engagement, a psychological state the author calls flow.
Take a routine chore and figure out how to do it better, faster, more efficiently. Instead of watching television, play the piano. 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. What are we missing? To answer this question, Csikszentmihalyi studied thousands of people, and he found the key. Work fills our days with anxiety and pressure, so that during our free time, we tend to live in boredom, watching TV or absorbed by our phones. From one of the pioneers of the scientific study of happiness, an indispensable guide to living your best life.
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