Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

"The ability to enter a flow state of mind is something that [the author] has devoted his entire career to understanding. This book is dedicated to helping runners achieve the state of flow in competitive and training environments. You'll find comprehensive coverage of the phenomenon, unique practice exercises that stimulate its occurrence, and firsthand accounts from elite runners about their flow experiences"--OCLC.

A summary of research on the positive aspects of human experience including joy, creativity, and life involvement which the author calls "flow.".

In this wise, humane inquiry, the author argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped humans adapt and multiply now threaten our survival. These traits include obsessions with food and sex, addiction to pleasure, excessive rationality and a tendency to focus on the negative. A University of Chicago psychology professor, the author also believes we must free our minds of cultural illusions such as ethnocentric superiority or identification with one's possessions. He urges readers to find ways to reduce the oppression, exploitation and inequality that are woven into the fabric of society. Further, he wants us to control the direction of human evolution by pursuing challenging activities that lead to greater complexity while opposing chaos and conformity. Each chapter concludes with self-help questions and mental exercises designed to help readers apply the insights of this literate manifesto to their daily lives.

A self-help book based on the author's theories of flow, encouraging readers to set goals for themselves and become less passive.

Discusses a study of more than two hundred gifted students, examining why some teenagers, environmental conditions being equal, fulfill their potential in their particular talent areas as they grow older while others do not.

A summary of research on the positive aspects of human experience including joy, creativity, and life involvement which the author calls "flow".