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Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. The author’s objective is to offer an understanding of what leads to these moments, be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab, so that knowledge can be used to enrich people’s lives. Drawing on 100 interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists to politicians and business leaders, poets and artists, as well as his 30 years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous theory to explore the creative process. He discusses such ideas as why creative individuals are often seen as selfish and arrogant, and why the tortured genius is largely a myth. Most important, he clearly e… More >>
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Creativity is what we need more of in the 21st Century. It is hard to break out of the rut of habitual, conventional thinking. That is why I recommend reading and re-reading and working through the exercises in at least 7 creativity books per year. Csikszentmihalyi is certainly an author to include in a creativity project, so I recommend this book. And don’t forget to keep doing your DeBono creative thinking exercises !!
Rating: 5 / 5
Creativity is what we need more of in the 21st Century. It is hard to break out of the rut of habitual, conventional thinking. That is why I recommend reading and re-reading and working through the exercises in at least 7 creativity books per year. Csikszentmihalyi is certainly an author to include in a creativity project, so I recommend this book. And don’t forget to keep doing your DeBono creative thinking exercises !!
Rating: 5 / 5
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Rating: 5 / 5
What a brilliant book.
FINALLY, all of societies misfits have a reference tome, and business leaders can begin to spot the personalities that make up effective creatives before they view a single composition.
I must say that the Associative Thinking process (using a central word, phrase or image to stimulate a train of thining in an individual) was somewhat glossed-over in the book.
But as an effective aid, this is essential reading. A peek inside the minds of real, living, breathing creatives is 10x as powerful some hypothetical creativity exercise.
Enjoy!
Mark Alan Effinger
RichContent
Rating: 5 / 5
On the way out the door one morning a couple of years ago on my way to substitute teach, I grabbed this book from the shelf and stuck it in my bookbag, knowing that there would probably be some quiet time for reading at some point during the day. My husband, whose taste in books I respect absolutely, had picked up a copy of it at some point, no doubt to aid him on his creative path. It’s a good book to carry if you expect to be waiting in a line or for a bus, or as I was, sitting between classes and trying to bury myself in something other than complete boredom. I wouldn’t recommend it as a highly energetic and motivating read, but it’s a nice meld of psychology, reality, and ‘trivia,’to focus on something edifying if you’re in a relatively uninteresting environment.
Rating: 4 / 5