Flow

The Psychology of Optimal Experience

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Narrated by: Donald Corren

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.

“Explore[s] a happy state of mind called flow, the feeling of complete engagement in a creative or playful activity.”—Time©1990 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (P)2024 Recorded Books

Very insightful and well written

I like the questions it delves into. Invites you to know yourself, what you do and how you do it. One of those books you listen many times.

Pretty sure that this is a pearl

In the beginning I was fascinated by the power of the concept of flow! Snd I still am. The book post me a bit in the let’s say second half, but probably it was just me, lost in other thoughts! Definitely a recommendation, a must read/listen again for me and most likely a potential top ten book in my physical shelf! 🙌

The different examples from people on how achieved their flow state

Great book with highly recommend for people trying to achieve the flow state. A whole lot of great examples of people how they achieve their flow state.

A very impressive book.

This book is a monumental piece of work. The message is both complex and simple. The author obviously has spent years putting this whole thing together, and it would be Ludicrous for me to sort of summarize it. But suffice it to say the book was incredibly thought provoking. Definitely worth a read.

Wisdom

The book I needed to hear to understand that it’s okay to love what I love doing, and why I have my existential crises.