Book Notes: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow — The psychology of happiness

Dr. Joe Bathelt
5 min readJun 17, 2021

From wellness to game design, the concept of flow seems to be everywhere. But what does it actually mean? Here is a summary and discussion of the book that introduced the concept.

The Book

Csikszentmihalyi, M (1990): “Flow — The psychology of happiness”. New York, NY: Harper-Collins.

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Dr. Joe Bathelt

I’m a lecturer in psychology specialised in cognitive neuroscience. Topics: brain and mind, productivity, and academic work flows. More info: www.joebathelt.com