--- title: "Book : Flow BY MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI" tags: book flow literature-notes psychology date: 2020-11-28 18:10:55 --- # Book : Flow BY MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI [Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h6IMYRoCZw) A person can make themselves happy or miserable regardless of what is actually happening outside - just by changing the contents of consciousness. State of optimal experience : flow - Nothing Else matters - Intense Concentration, no attention for problems or anything else - Lose yourself - Time get distorted You should do things that are the right amount of challenge. If too challenging, it will lead to anxiety - it too little, you'll be bored. Goal of life is to be in this state as much as possible. --- ### Tags #book #flow #literature-notes #psychology