Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Author . Viking $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-670-03196-2
Asking business leaders to turn a profit in this climate is tough enough, but psychologist Csikszentmihalyi challenges them to do something even tougher: make people happy. The author first explored flow, the enjoyment felt when an individual is...
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (358p) ISBN 978-0-06-016677-9
In this wise, humane inquiry, Csikszentmihalyi ( Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience ) argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped humans adapt and multiply now threaten our survival. These traits include obsessions with...
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Author HarperCollins Publishers $27.5 (456p) ISBN 978-0-06-017133-9
Based on interviews with 91 internationally recognized creative people-among them Nobel physicist John Bardeen, arts administrator-performer Kitty Carlisle Hart, writer Denise Levertov, jazz musician Oscar Peterson, electronics executive Robert...
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Author Basic Books $20 (192p) ISBN 978-0-465-04513-6
Csikszentmihalyi's theories of flow, elucidated in his Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990), have been immensely influential for their ideas about an accessible, optimal, Zen-like state of being. In this useful, self-help follow-up to...
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Author, Barbara Schneider, Author, Barbara Schneider, Joint Author Basic Books $27.5 (320p) ISBN 978-0-465-01540-5
Are American teenagers getting the preparation they need to be ready for tomorrow's jobs? In a five-year study, psychologist and bestselling author Csikszentmihalyi (Flow; The Evolving Self; etc.) and sociologist Schneider (The Ambitious Generation)
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