Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

Have you ever wondered how some people just seem to have everything under control even under the most difficult situations? Well this dude has the answers, this concept has been explained in many different ways over the ages trying to achieve happiness, the zone, to become enlightened. It's what everyone truly seeks. Though their path for it maybe very different. His method has spoken more to me than any other book on this... Read Full Review

Exploring the idea of "Flow States", this book delves into the concepts that make the most fun times in our lives feel like seconds and the worst feel like hours. Supported by experimental data and the scientific process, there are true and defensible psychosomatic results for fulfilling life goals and activities. If you're looking forward to making the most out of life, there are some blueprints that can help you find a path... Read Full Review

Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, (known as `Mike' and for the record his family name is pronounced "cheek-sent-me-high-ee", His name comes from "Saint Michael from the province of Csik," Csik being originally a Hungarian province) is one of the world's leading researchers on Positive Psychology. The author of numerous books and published papers, Flow is recognized as his most influential book and has had a far reaching impact,... Read Full Review

Besides having more vowels in his name than any other researcher in the field of positive psychology, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi is probably best known for his book "Flow". So what exactly is flow? Well, there are short and long ways to define the concept of flow. The short way is to tell you that flow is roughly the equivalent to what most people refer to as being "in the zone" or "in the groove". More elaborate definitions... Read Full Review

If you are in any competitive sports, read this book. If you play golf, tennis, or any other such sport as a hobby and you want to do better, read this book. Flow refers to a state where you are totally absorbed in what you are doing. You lose self-consciousness. The one sure way to fail at a competitve endeavor is to be concerned with how you appear to others or how you are being evaluated. Your mental energy is drawn away... Read Full Review