Flow – Psychology of Optimal Experience

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 31 something to worry about? If the answer is yes, then we must decide on an appropriate course o ...

32 " FLOW problems, reading one of the five newspapers or the earmarked sections of books on her daily schedule—or just asking q ...

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 33 Each person allocates his or her limited attention either by focus­ ing it intentionally like ...

34 ■ FLOW by the nervous system? Where does the captain of the ship, the master of the soul, reside? As soon as we consider thes ...

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 35 identity of its own. Sam had no clearly differentiated goals; he wanted exactly what other boy ...

36 * FLOW our self, before they can affect the quality of life. The structure of consciousness is beginning to emerge, but so fa ...

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 37 station in the morning, fill the tire with air, and then drive to work as quickly as possible. ...

38 ■ FLOW aspirin, now empty, although there had been seventy tablets in it just a while before. Jim’s parents had separated a y ...

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 39 He was lucky that after the breakdown his parents realized the predica­ ment and sought help f ...

40 ■ FLOW than watching TV.” Rico knows that very soon he will reach the limit beyond which he will no longer be able to improve ...

THE ANATOMY OF CONSCIOUSNESS ■ 41 is a struggle for establishing control over attention. The struggle does not necessarily have ...

42 * FLOW tieth century than these people? People after the same self-discipline as yourself, following the deeper commitment. . ...

3 ENJOYMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE There are two main strategies we can adopt to improve the quality of life. The first is to t ...

44 ■ FLOW external conditions does not necessarily improve existence. Like most people, King Midas supposed that if he were to b ...

ENJOYMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ■ 45 United States) tend to rate themselves as being on the whole more happy than people in le ...

46 • FLOW repetitive routines of everyday life, and because we know that this is how the “beautiful people” also spend their tim ...

ENJOYMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ■ 47 does not grow as a consequence of pleasurable experiences. Complexity requires investing ...

48 ■ FLOW attitude toward business transactions. But then I suspect that they don’t enjoy their work as much as Signor Orsini di ...

ENJOYMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ■ 49 terms. Moreover, the reasons the activity was enjoyed shared many more similarities than ...

50 ■ FLOW activity because it requires the concentration of attention and has a goal, and to do it one must know the rules of wr ...