Flow

Living at the Peak of Your Abilities

By: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Ph.D.

Narrated by: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Ph.D.

In flow, everyday experience becomes a moment by moment opportunity for joy and self-fulfillment. Flow is the brain-child of a fascinating psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a renowned social scientist who has devoted his life's work to the study of what makes people truly happy, satisfied and fulfilled. While much of the study of psychology investigates disorders of the human mind, Dr. Csikszentmihalyi takes a different route. He focuses on the noble side of human nature, our capacity for living a life of integrity, courage, and perseverance. With his landmark research on flow, he reveals what he considers beautiful in life, ways of being and behaving that make people happy, satisfied and delighted to be alive. His insights into the "flow experience" show ways to lessen stress, fear and anxiety while increasing feelings of challenge, joy and excitement. The revolutionary findings of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Experience Sampling Method offer unprecedented information about the specific ways we can turn life into a continuous high quality experience. You'll discover how anyone can enrich his or her quality of life simply by learning how flow occurs and what it feels like. You'll learn about the key elements of the flow experience including:

• why it is important to know what you want to do in any given moment
• specific activities you can do that produce flow easily and naturally
• how to improve your experience of work so you feel in control and rewarded by it
• keys to harnessing the power of concentration
• the difference between pleasure and enjoyment (only one leads to personal growth)
• how to match challenges with skills to avoid boredom and frustration and maximize enjoyment

Once you experience the exhilaration of the "flow" state of being, you'll want to return again and again.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©1994 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D. (P)1994 Nightingale Conant

amazing

loved it. highly recommend!! love the story learned a lot of amazing things I didn't know

Really eye opening

This book is really eye opening for me as it talks about how to get into the zone “flow” of learning by making it as curious as possible and keep challenging yourself every time such as reading a book for 10 mins then 12 and so on. Until it gets to a point where its too hard its better to be consistent than a lot

Found the book interesting and valuable!

I listened to this book as I was interested in clues about how to get into a state of flow. In the past I had found experiencing flow very interesting, enjoyable and productive but a fleeting and rare occurrence. Listening to this book along with some liminal coaching, that I was simultaneous undertaking was helpful. I feel that I now understand flow, it causes or triggers and find that I can more easily obtain it. For myself I would describe it as a relaxed focus that I feel in my forehead while at the same time I am aware of the noises, activities and occurrences that are happening in my periphery and or background without being pulled away by them as distractions.

Good content, Dated Format

Valuable lessons. Everyone should know.
Not an audiobook. More a set of self help tapes from the 90s.
Boring format of 30 min meditations. It hits all the points of the paper-book; it just doesn't feel legit or organized as the book.
He has a conversational delivery which feels rambling. The recorded voices of others in his studies describing their flow states are unbearably cheesy.

Flow: A Universal Experience

It was beautifully narrated. It included music in transitions between topics. The book examined multiple stories to demonstrate flow. There were many speakers throughout the book. Flow is a universal experience. The author gives some techniques yo obtain flow. Therefore, this book is for everyone who wants to live a harmonious life.