Flow the psychology of optimal experience by mihaly csikszentmihalyi torrent

In researching the brain and thought patterns, I have visited several websites that are highly technical in nature, but today I happened across, a website created by Sid, a 79 year old retired clinical social worker. вЂњChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.вЂќ ~ Confusius

At the same time, they are more involved with everything around them because they are fully immersed in the current of life.вЂќ They are more autonomous and independent because they cannot be as easily manipulated with threats or rewards from the outside. Because such persons experience flow in work, in family life, when interacting with people, when eating, even when alone with nothing to do, they are less dependent on the external rewards that keep others motivated to go on with a life composed of routines. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes people who are вЂњautotelic as those who need few material possessions and little entertainment, comfort, power, or fame because so much of what he or she does is already rewarding. It is in such high-challenge and through creative learning skills that people are most likely to enter the вЂњflow stateвЂќ. They tend to have a greater preference for challenging-opportunities and learning skills that stimulate them and encourage growth. These personality traits include curiosity, persistence, low self-centeredness, and a desire of performing activities for intrinsic reasons only. The autotelic personality has several very specific personality traits which are better able to achieve the вЂњflow experienceвЂќ than the average person. It is to these latter individuals the term autotelic personality applies. But there is a gradation, ranging from individuals who almost never feel that what they do is worth doing for its own sake, to others who feel that most anything they do is fun and valuable in its own right.

No one is fully autotelic, since we all have to do things even if we donвЂ™t enjoy them, either out of a sense of duty or necessity. The autotelic personality is an individual who generally does things for their own sake,in the вЂњhere and nowвЂќ,rather than for some later goal. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.вЂќ - Alan Wilson Watts вЂњThis is the real secret of lifeвЂ“ to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. вЂњIn self-forgetfulness, one draws closer to God.вЂќ ~Henry David Thoreau He was amazed to hear that while he was so intent on the surgery part of the ceiling had caved in-he had not noticed at all. Gymnast Carol Johnson found that on some days she experienced the balance beam as wider, so вЂњany worry of falling off disappeared.вЂќДЄ surgeon recalled a challenging operation and after completing the surgery noticed some rubble on the floor of the operating room and asked what had happened. The legendary hitter Ted Williams has said that sometimes he could see the seams on a pitched baseball. And it just flows out by itself.вЂќД«asketball players, when they experience being in Flow report that the basket seems bigger, and feeling an almost mystical connection to it. I just sit there watching in a state of awe and wonderment. My hand seems devoid of myself, and I have nothing to do with what is happening.

In this state of Flow, the deep player is completely forgetful of the self, time, and space.ДЄ composer describes those moments when his work is at its bestвЂ¦вЂњYou are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost donвЂ™t exist. Mihaly Csikczentmihaly calls it вЂњFlow,вЂќ emphasizing that the experience is totally intrinsically rewarding rather than for its extrinsic meaning. Moreover, in the process of absorption, one finds mental focus, alertness, and even the ability to ignore pain, hunger or physical discomfort. What differentiates deep play from simple play is the intensity of the engagement. No mind or heart hobblesвЂ¦.no analyzing or explainingвЂ¦.no questing for logicвЂ¦.no promisesвЂ¦.no goalsвЂ¦.no relationshipsвЂ¦.no worry.One is completely open to whatever drama may unfold.вЂќ ~Diane AckermanДiane Ackerman in her book вЂњDeep PlayвЂќ, calls such creative engagement вЂњa form of meditation in action. вЂњIn rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of selfвЂ¦.shed timeвЂ™s continuumвЂ¦.ignore painвЂ¦.and sit quietly in the absolute present watching the worldвЂ™s ordinary miracles.

Flow the psychology of optimal experience by mihaly csikszentmihalyi torrent