You have heard about how a musician loses herself in her music, how a painter becomes one with the process of painting. In work, sport, conversation or hobby, 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 Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates is one of the most enjoyable and valuable experiences a person can have. The exhaustive case studies, controlled experiments and innumerable references to historical figures, philosophers and scientists through the ages prove Csikszentmihalyi's point that flow is a singularly productive and desirable state. But the implications for its application to society are what make the book revolutionary.
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Man are not afraid of things, but of how they view them, said Epictetus.
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"心流有助于自我的整合,因为在那种极其极其专注的情形下,意识异乎寻常地处于一种非常有序的状态。思想、意图、感觉和所有的感官都集中在同一目标上,体验的一切是和谐...
初接触此书约是本科毕业时,当时内心十分迷惘,并非对未来或未知的恐惧,而是对自身状态的不满意,类似于没松手刹提不起档的懈怠状态。无意间看到Ted的演说,介绍Flow(...
第一章写得太精彩了!欧洲人的写作方式,与其告诉读者答案,不如列出大问题让读者自己找到答案。 令自己不舒服却不得不逼自己去做的行为,到底该不该去做?不是说做自...
“Whatever one’s background, there are many opportunities later on in life to draw meaning from the past. “ If you are familiar with this saying, I think y...
[Flow] 1. ‘The root of discontent’ (p.10) The problem arises when people are so fixated on what they want to achieve that they cease to derive pleasure fro...