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UNITED STATES AUTHOR · PSYCHOLOGY · NONFICTION

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Also known as: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

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Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, but is best known as the architect of the notion of flow, a highly focused mental state. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, described Csikszentmihalyi as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology. Csikszentmihalyi once said: "Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason." (Wikipedia)

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Our jobs determine to a large extent what our lives are like.

— from Good Business

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Beyond boredom and anxiety

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Flow

2006

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"Questo libro è un flusso, un movimento necessario, sociale e personale, condiviso e intimo. Attraverso la letteratura, Palandri cerca di liberare energie. Contro l'irrigidimento, la fissità, per il movimento che attraverso la metafora riesce a inventare storie e stili. Come in ogni libro, per riuscire l'autore deve liberarsi dalle maniere e trovare la propria voce. E questo è un libro proprio sul liberarsi dalle maniere e trovare la propria voce, cosa necessaria, intima e storica ben al di là della letteratura. L'autore si muove tra diversi ambiti per ricavarne domande su cosa sia dire, scrivere, pensare. Ma soprattutto ascoltare. L'autore è qui un lettore che ci parla di Leopardi, Wittgenstein, Calvino e Huxley. Ma anche di sé e della sua famiglia. UIn lettore e uno scrittore in grado di appassionare gli intellettuali e i lettori comuni"--Publisher's description, p. of cover.

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Good Business

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Since the publication of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow in 1990, the notion of "flow"—the state of optimal experience in which one loses oneself in a task or activity—has become a household word. It has been endorsed by political leaders such as President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair, as well as sports coaches, business leaders, and the Wall Street Journal, which listed it as one of six books "every well-stocked business library should have." With Good Business, Csikszentmihalyi applies the proven principles of Flow to the business world, revealing the specific values that have served visionary leaders who have succeeded in running businesses that are both successful and humane. Good Business is a key text for managers and for anyone seeking to find meaning, enrichment, and satisfaction on the job.

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