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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, PhD, (1934–2021) was a Hungarian American psychologist who created the concept of “flow,” a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity and for his years of research and writing on the topic of flow.

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity

Edited By James C. Kaufman, University Of Connecticut, Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University. Revised Edition Of The Cambridge Handbook Of Creativity, 2010. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Inner Knowing: Consciousness, Creativity, Insight, and Intuition

Inner Knowing illustrates that the human mind possesses the capability to consistently function at significantly high levels of perception, creativeness, and intuitiveness. Indeed, everyone has at one time in his life experienced a sense of mindful clarity that led to a Eureka! moment.

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The Systems Model of Creativity: The Collected Works of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

The third volume of the collected works of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi covers his work on the application of flow in areas that go beyond the field of leisure where the concept was first applied.

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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

This book is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 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.

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Beyond Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Flow in Work and Play

Now in a special 25th anniversary edition and filled with brilliant wisdom and insights, Beyond Boredom and Anxiety offers a timeless introduction to the concept of flow and the scientific basis behind it—all through the work of one of the field's great scientists, Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi.

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Everyday Creativity and New Views of Human Nature: Psychological, Social and Spiritual Perspectives

In this provocative collection of essays, an interdisciplinary group of eminent thinkers and writers offer their thoughts on how embracing creativity—tapping into the originality of everyday life—can lead to improved physical and mental health, to new ways of thinking, of experiencing the world and...

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The Evolving Self: A Psychology for the Third Millennium

The author of Flow shows us how to overcome our evolutionary heritage in order to re-create ourselves for the next millennium.

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Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet

What does it mean to carry out “good work”? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market forces have unprecedented power and work life is being radically altered by technological innovation? These questions lie at the heart of this eagerly awaited...

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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life

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.

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