Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Csikszentmihalyi arrives at an insight that many of us can intuitively grasp, despite our insistent (and culturally supported) denial of this truth. That is, it is not what happens to us that determines our happiness, but the manner in which we make sense of that reality. . . . T
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It was referenced in the context of how solitude is essential for developing skills, suggesting that individuals who avoid solitude often struggle to hone their abilities, particularly creative ones.
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In Flow, the Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes, our current research with talented teenagers shows that many fail to develop their skills not because they have cognitive...
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It was referenced in the context of how solitude is essential for developing skills, suggesting that individuals who avoid solitude often struggle to hone their abilities, particularly creative ones.
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In Flow, the Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi writes, our current research with talented teenagers shows that many fail to develop their skills not because they have cognitive deficits, but because they cannot stand being alone.
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It was discussed that the book discusses how to achieve a state of flow, and that imposter syndrome is a sign of having a skill that can be learned to bridge the gap between challenge and capability.
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I connected to a beautiful book called Flow.
Flow talks about how to experience a state of flow, which musicians experience, which artists experience, which singers experience is when your challenge meets your skills.
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Jay Shetty mentioned this book as a source for the concept of Flow State, where skills meet challenge, and it was discussed in relation to the benefits of challenging oneself creatively.
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And for anyone who doesn't know, flow, the way it's defined in that book is where your skills meet your challenge.
I saw like a YouTube video. That was like enough for me. I should read the book though.
Paul Bloom recommended this book, referencing the author's discussion on flow experiences, which involve difficulty and struggle that add value to life. The key indicator of flow is losing track of time while engaged in the activity.
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I'd recommend a Rita flow by Mahali Chixantmei and we tragically died just a week ago. And he talks about flow experiences which are experiences of difficulty and struggle.
— Episode: The Right Kind of Suffering | Paul Bloom
Episode: The Right Kind of Suffering | Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom recommended this book, referencing the author's discussion on flow experiences, which involve difficulty and struggle that add value to life. The key indicator of flow is losing track of time while engaged in the activity.
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I'd recommend a Rita flow by Mahali Chixantmei and we tragically died just a week ago. And he talks about flow experiences which are experiences of difficulty and struggle.
Try to find activities of the sort that once you get started an hour could go by and you just lost track of time. That's how you know you're in flow.
Episode: Happiness Takes Work | Sonja Lyubomirsky
The speaker mentioned the author of this book as a key figure in the founding of positive psychology, famous for writing about the concept of flow.
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Mike you called him Mike i thought it was mccly or something like that but Mike is okay he wrote a book called flow right so he's written yeah lots of books but he's famous for writing about flow which I think actually is a really beautiful concept you know what you're really so absorbed in what you're doing that you don't even notice the passage of time and in the sense of self
Episode: Ben Feder, Making Every Day a Sabbatical
The guest referenced reading the book *Flow* (though he struggled with the author's name, which is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) which described the state of being completely involved in a task where time and space fall away, an experience he related to his artistic endeavors.
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I read his stuff. . . The book is called flow.
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