From the manufacturerQuote The book "Flow" is a very non-trivial approach to the problems of human emotional life and regulation of behavior. The joy of flow is the highest reward that nature can bestow upon us for striving to solve more and more complex problems. Unlike the standard of living, the quality of experience can be increased by paying only one currency - an investment of attention and organized effort; no other currency is quoted in the realm of flow. Csikszentmihalyi reminds us: happiness is not something that just happens to us, it is both an art and a science, it is something that requires effort and a kind of qualification. “The key to happiness lies in the ability to control oneself, one’s feelings and impressions, thus finding joy in the everyday life around us.” Dmitry Leontiev, Doctor of Psychology

What is the book about? While studying creative individuals, the author discovered in his research that that they are happy because they experience a state of flow during the process of insight. But the flow is not the exclusive property of some special people. The author builds a detailed, harmonious and experimentally confirmed theory, at the center of which is the idea of flow. This is a state of complete merging with your work, absorption by it, when you don’t feel time, yourself, when instead of fatigue there is a constant surge of energy.

Why the book is worth reading - The state of flow is one of the most beautiful things in our life . And the book will lead the reader to this state. - It turns out that happiness does not descend on us as grace, but is generated by our meaningful efforts, it is in our hands. - A rare example of high science serving an ordinary person.

Who is this book for? everyone who strives to truly live this life happily. For those who are interested in psychology as a discipline, who are, in principle, attracted by the phenomenon of happiness, and for all those who sorely lack this very happiness in their own lives. Indeed, in a state of flow, pleasure merges with effort and meaning, giving rise to an energizing, boundless state of joy.

Who is the authorMihaly Csikszentmihalyi - psychologist, emeritus professor and director of the Center for Quality of Life Research at Claremont University (USA), member of the American Academy of Education, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Leisure Studies, author of about 20 books, the most famous of which, “Flow,” has been translated into 30 languages. Lives and works in the USA.