What really makes people glad to be alive? What are the inner experiences that
make life worthwhile? For more than two decades Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi studied
those states in which people report feelings of concentration and deep
enjoyment. His studies revealed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying
is 'flow' - a state of concentration so focused that it amounts to complete
absorption in an activity and results in the achievement of a perfect state of
happiness. Flow has become the classic work on happiness and a major
contribution to contemporary psychology. It examines such timeless issues as the
challenge of lifelong learning; family relationships; art, sport and sex