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(0)Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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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....
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The acclaimed sequel to the international bestseller Flow: an intelligent, inspiring guide to unlocking the evolutionary history of our present consciousness, and "becoming at one with the power that is the universe."
"A book of singular importance and timeliness, one with momentous implications for the future."- Howard Gardner
In Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's bestselling Flow, he introduced readers to a radical new theory of happiness. Now in The Evolving...
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Un científico entra por la mañana a trabajar en su estudio y cuando menos lo piensa, se da cuenta de que ya es de noche y que ha pasado todo el día inmerso en sus tareas, sin ni siquiera alimentarse. Un alpinista escala las arriesgadas cumbres del Everest y mientras mantiene el control pleno del ascenso, siente que su cuerpo se funde con la roca. Una bailarina realiza con precisión y armonía una serie de complejos movimientos que hace parecer...
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Nuestros trabajos determinan en gran medida nuestras vidas. A muchos el trabajo les pone enfermos: les impide sentirse personas realizadas, les avergüenza lo que tienen que hacer allí. Sin embargo, no tiene por qué ser siempre así. En el trabajo también podemos encontrar mucho placer y realización si colectivamente emprendemos una serie de acciones concretas. Si las empresas que contratan a la mayoría de la población solo se ocupan de satisfacer...
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The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow
Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists...
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What does it mean to be a creative person? Here, Czikszentmihalyi tells of the results of extensive research on the subject. He shares how outstandingly creative people differ from ordinary people, and how those of us who consider ourselves more ordinary can cultivate the spark of creativity within.
7) Flow
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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....
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Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: during much of the day we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations,...
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The classic study of the creative process from the national bestselling author of Flow
Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from...