Pros: I now control my inner self, not master the outer. Cons: Sometimes a bit complex.
Flow (optimal experience) is something we all strive for and this book provides many chapters designed to help us recognize it. The key to this excellent self-help book is that it helps us understand our inner self first prior to providing cheesy...
Pros: The "flow" concept is interesting and important. Cons: Much of the book is the author's personal opinions about life.
Ever since I heard about the concept of "flow," I was interested in learning more about it. The term "flow," coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in the mid-1970s, refers to "the state in which people are so involved in an activity that...
Pros: Important and original thesis; lucid articulation of difficult subject Cons: Has "written by a social scientist" written all over it; poorly edited
I'd be meaning to read Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi's (1989) *Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience* for a few years when I heard it mentioned at least a dozen times in a few days at a usability conference this summer. Given the context in which I'd...
Pros: Thought-provoking Cons: Maybe you could start with other reading
This review consists of two parts. One is largely in response to the previous one (which was wonderful). The other is a paper which I wrote for a psychology class at Brown University.
Pros: Explains the mechanics of flow very well Cons: See the review!
According to the author, flow is a state of mind when it is totally engrossed in an activity that it looses track of itself and becomes one with the activity being performed. The author supports this with excerpts from interviews with people (rock...
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