Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
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....
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial ModernClassics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This book 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 and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists,...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Good Work is a profoundly original inquiry into the quest for meaning in a professional career. Like two classics before it, this book makes a pathbreaking contribution to social thought. It will be one of those generative books that stirs thought for many years to come.
9) Happy
Publisher
Wadi Rum Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion."--Container.
Le film nous emmène sur un parcours depuis les marécages de la Louisiane jusqu'aux bidonvilles de Calcutta à la...