This is a summary of the book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:19 - Lesson 1: Pleasure and enjoyment are not the same thing.
2:24 - Lesson 2: Flow is the state where challenges and skills match, so that time flies by.
4:22 - Lesson 3: Life goals are irrelevant, so set a life goal.

Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life.

In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi ("the leading researcher into ‘flow states’" —Newsweek) demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness, unlock our potential, and greatly improve the quality of our lives.

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