Harper Perennial Modern Classics Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, (Paperback)

from Ophiphos

I finally got around to reading this book that has been recommended to me so often. Thanks to a book club at work concerning leadership and self-development. I can easily see how this book, written in the 1990s, has come to change the world of business and especially any "Experience" field such a...

from mull9292

“In work, sport, conversation, hobby, or spirituality, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity. This is “flow,” an experience that is at once demanding and rewarding—an experience that [the author] demonstrates is one of the most enjo...

from co_coyote

A friend who reads as much as I do was visiting last week. After an evening of drinking beer and catching up, I started to complain about being "off the path." "I've got two books you have to read," he said. "Flow and The Alchemist." He was right. I needed to read those two books. Flow describes ...

from tkadlec

Flow was one of those books that kept being recommended to me, but I just never got around to reading. Now that I have, it's pretty easy to see why it's been brought up so many times. It's a very well written look at the factors involved in creating the "flow" effect, and the implications are wid...

from BobbyVavassis

Flow is essentially a how-to book on improving your quality of life and becoming happier. Csikszentmihalyi states that the number one way to create happiness in one's life is to experience flow, which he describes as the sensation one gets when they're so involved in an activity that nothing else...