PENGUIN Flow: The Psychology of Happiness

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l'art et la maniere de se sentir bien tout le temps!

makes you think about your actions the moment you read the book

Flow: The Classic Work on How to Achieve Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi might sound like another mundane self-help guaranteeing happiness to all its readers. But it is not, luckily. This is a pop-psychology for lay person with minimum scholarly jargons (You will find terms like "Optimal Experience", "Psychic Energy", "Psychic entropy". But don’t be alarmed; it easy to understand once you get started) on how happiness/flow can be achieved based on Mihaly’s research. The core idea of the book is simple (not easy or difficult); people achieve happiness/flow/optimal experience when engaged in challenging activities and constantly strive to improve their skills. And the overall wellbeing /happiness of the individuals depend on the view he/she takes on his condition and challenges. I have a penchant towards stoic philosophy. Call it "baader-meinhof phenomenon". To me some of the ideas in this book appear very similar to stoic philosophy. The author also quotes a number of Stoic philosophers like Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius to support his study’s conclusion. There are number of ideas presented the books are fascinating; particularly on how to create an autotelic self is very interesting. Overall, it is a fascinating read on how happiness can be achieved. It one of the important books I have read this year. Highly recommended

This book is a masterpiece ! It is not another book on happiness ! This book will explain you practically how happiness happen ! So that you can then redesign your life to experiment more and more happiness ! It explains the difference between pleasure and happiness ! (as an example you will understand why watching tv is most of the time a waste of time) (most of the time it is even not a pleasure, sometimes it is a pleasure, but almost never it brings you happiness) Concerning the shop, Book Depository is just amazing ! Very fast and people are very kind !