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

You may remember Schopenhauer’s image of the x=y diagonal that shows how we truly navigate life. This graph conceit echoes that of the modern sociologist Mike Csikszentmihalyi. From his extensive discussions with people from all walks of life, he discovered there is a state of ‘flow’: a ‘prime state’ that brings together the chess player, the surfe

La phénoménologie de l’expérience optimale élaborée à partir des études mentionnées comporte huit caractéristiques majeures : 1. la tâche entreprise est réalisable mais constitue un défi et exige une aptitude particulière ; 2. l’individu se concentre sur ce qu’il fait ; 3. la cible visée est claire ; 4. l’activité en cours fournit une rétroaction i

Pleasure is an important component of the quality of life, but by itself it does not bring happiness. Sleep, rest, food, and sex provide restorative homeostatic experiences that return consciousness to order after the needs of the body intrude and cause psychic entropy to occur. But they do not produce psychological growth. They do not add complexi

Flow is a state of engagement that can be created through a balance of challenge and ability.