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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Flow emerges when challenge and skill are balanced, turning focused effort into meaning, growth, and deep satisfaction.

Wednesday, Feb 25

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow emerges when challenge and skill are balanced, turning focused effort into meaning, growth, and deep satisfaction.

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Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Book Summary)

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Book Summary)

Feb 2100:16:58

How do you enter a state of deep focus, creativity, and fulfillment — where time disappears and performance feels effortless? In this 6–8 minute 365books summary, we break down Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — a foundational work in positive psychology that explains how optimal experience shapes happiness and meaning.Csikszentmihalyi argues that true fulfillment doesn’t come from comfort or passive pleasure, but from structured challenges that stretch ou

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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"The best moments in our lives are not passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile."
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