CSIKSZENTMIHALYI MIHALY

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Η «ροή» εξετάζει τη διαδικασία που απαιτείται για να κατακτηθεί η ευτυχία μέσα από τον έλεγχο της εσωτερικής ζωής του ανθρώπου. Όμως τι είναι αυτό που κάνει τους ανθρώπους να χαίρονται τη ζωή; Ποιες είναι οι εσωτερικές εμπειρίες που την καθιστούν αξιόλογη; Με το βιβλίο αυτό ο ψυχολόγος Μιχάι Τσικζεντμιχάι δίνει σαφείς απαντήσεις, έχοντας μελετήσει τις καταστάσεις της «βέλτιστης εμπειρίας»: δηλαδή τις καταστάσεις όπου νιώθουμε συγκεντρωμένοι και βαθιά χαρούμενοι. Οι έρευνες κατέδειξαν ότι μια εμπειρία γίνεται πραγματικά ικανοποιητική όταν ο...
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(P/B) GOOD BUSINESS
In today's society it is scientists and businesspeople who wield the most influence and power. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believes this also gives them the responsibility to provide for the needs, not just of their workforce, but of the community in its largest sense. This book helps those in power towards a new understanding and vision of what it means to be a leader. The people interviewed here - including Peter Bijur (CEO of Texaco), Michael Markkula (co-founder of Apple Computer), Anita Roddick (founder of The Body Shop) and Ted Turner (v...
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(P/B) FLOW
What really makes people glad to be alive? What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? For more than two decades Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied those states in which people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment. His studies revealed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying is 'flow' - a state of concentration so focused that it amounts to complete absorption in an activity and results in the achievement of a perfect state of happiness. Flow has become the classic work on happiness and a major contributio...
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(P/B) FINDING FLOW
Part psychological study, part self-help book, "Finding Flow" is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, "Finding Flow" contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: during much of the day we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations, while during our leisure moments, we tend to live in passive boredom. The key, a...
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(H/B) BEYOND BOREDOM AND ANXIETY
Now in a special 25th anniversary edition and filled with brilliant wisdom and insights, "Beyond Boredom and Anxiety" offers a timeless introduction to the concept of flow and the scientific basis behind it-all through the work of one of the field's great scientists, Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi. Through real-life examples, discover how enjoyable activities provide a common experience-a satisfying, often exhilarating, feeling of creative accomplishment and heightened functioning-and under what conditions "serious" work can also provide this intr...
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THE ART OF SEEING