Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiPublished2000
Pages231
Formathardcover
PublisherJossey-Bass
Synopsis
Now in a special 25th anniversary edition and filled with brilliant wisdom and insights, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety offers a timeless introduction to the concept of flow and the scientific basis behind it-all through the work of one of the field's great scientists, Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi. Through real-life examples, discover how enjoyable activities provide a common experience-a satisfying, often exhilarating, feeling of creative accomplishment and heightened functioning-and under what conditions 'serious' work can also provide this intrinsic enjoyment.
Recommendations
Generating recommendations…
Our AI is preparing recommendations for Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play. This usually takes under a minute.
About Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
M
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1934–2021
Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, but is best known as the architect of the notion of flow, a highly focused mental state. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, described Csikszentmihalyi as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology. Csikszentmihalyi once said: "Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason." (Wikipedia)
View author page