Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives. Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, Finding Flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives. Our inattention makes us constantly bounce between two extremes: during much of the day we live filled with the anxiety and pressures of our work and obligations, while during our leisure moments, we tend to live in passive boredom. The key, according to Csikszentmihalyi, is to challenge ourselves with tasks requiring a high degree of skill and commitment. Instead of watching television, play the piano. Transform a routine task by taking a different approach. In short, learn the joy of complete engagement. Thought they appear simple, the lessons in Finding Flow are life-altering.

Der Bestseller-Klassiker, der Millionen Menschen geholfen hat, den Zustand des Glücksgefühls zu erreichen und ihr Leben zu verändern.
Laut The Independent gehört Mihaly Csikszentmihalyis „Flow. Das Geheimnis des Glücks“ zu den 33 Büchern, die man gelesen haben muss, bevor man 30 wird.
Glück ist nichts, was man mit Geld kaufen könnte. Glück ist das, was wir aus unseren Erfahrungen machen. Glück ist Flow.
Jeder hat dieses Gefühl schon erlebt: über sich selbst zu verfügen, im Einklang mit sich und der Welt zu sein und sein Schicksal in die eigene Hand nehmen zu können. Bei diesen seltenen Gelegenheiten spürt man ein Gefühl von Hochstimmung, von tiefer Freude, das lange anhält und zu einem Maßstab dafür wird, wie das Leben aussehen sollte.
Wer das Glück will, muss das Chaos im eigenen Kopf beherrschen. Wer frei sein will, muss nur seine Ziele kennen. „Flow: Das Geheimnis des Glücks“ fasst jahrzehntelange Forschung über die positiven Aspekte menschlicher Erfahrungen zusammen: Freude, Kreativität und den Prozess vollständigen Einsseins mit dem Leben, den der Autor Flow nennt.
In diesem Hörbuch erfahren wir:
– Glück fällt nicht vom Himmel;
– Glück ist ein Zustand, für den man bereit sein muss;
– die Fähigkeit zum Glücklichsein und Flow zu empfinden, steckt in jedem;
– mit Konzentration auf das, was man tut, kann man den Zustand des Flow erreichen.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ist weltweit als Erfinder des Flow-Phänomens bekannt und gilt als führender Glücksforscher. Heute ist er als Direktor des Quality of Life Research Center und als Professor für Psychologie und Unternehmensführung an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien tätig.
Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel „FLOW – The Psychology of Optimal Experience“ im Verlag Harper & Row, New York. © 1990 by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Für die deutsche Ausgabe © 1992/2017 by J.G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger GmbH, gegr. 1659, Stuttgart. (P) 2020 ABP Verlag

Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published his groundbreaking book Flow more than a decade ago, world leaders such as Prime Minister Tony Blair and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and influential sports figures like Super Bowl champion coach Jimmy Johnson have all been inspired by the book. In today’s corporate upheaval, a new business paradigm is evolving. While many CEOs are being exposed for their greed, truly visionary leaders believe in a goal that benefits themselves as well as others. They realize that it is their vision and “soul” that attract loyal employees willing to go above and beyond the call of corporate duty. And their employees are realizing the same thing. While 80 percent of adults claim they’d work even if they didn’t have to, the majority of them can hardly wait to leave their jobs and get home.
Good Business starts with the premise that this is an age in which business and work have replaced religion and politics as central forces in contemporary life. This audiobook reveals how business leaders, managers, and employees can find their “flow” and contribute not only to their own happiness, but also to a just and evolving society. It identifies the factors crucial to the operation of a good business: trust, the commitment to fostering the personal growth of employees, and the dedication to creating a product that helps mankind. Good Business is a must-listen for anyone who values the positive contributions of individuals in the changing world of business.

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 food and sex, addiction to pleasure, excessive rationality and a tendency to focus on the negative. A University of Chicago psychology professor, the author also believes we must free our minds of cultural illusions such as ethnocentric superiority or identification with one’s possessions. He urges listeners to find ways to reduce the oppression, exploitation and inequality that are woven into the fabric of society. Further, he wants us to control the direction of human evolution by pursuing challenging activities that lead to greater complexity while opposting chaos and conformity. Each chapter concludes with self-help questions and mental exercises designed to help listeners apply the insights of this literate manifesto to their daily lives.