Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 5 stars “Simply fantastic book... Mihaly has done a great job in terms of extracting from creative people the key characteristics that made these people very creative. This book has helped me understand and identify my style of working. It has helped me to improve my creative thinking process.” see full review » see other reviews »

Didn’t Like It Rated 2 stars “A lot of momentum at first, but then it fell off sharply for me, which is probably understandable, seeing the book's layout and approach. Not nearly as interesting as either I had hoped or been told.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  “Love it.”

  Maureen Sinisi wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “Simply fantastic book...
  Mihaly has done a great job in terms of extracting from creative people the key characteristics that made these people very creative.
  This book has helped me understand and identify my style of working. It has helped me to improve my creative thinking process. ”

  Dr. Pradeep V Desai wrote this review Sunday, November 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “A lot of momentum at first, but then it fell off sharply for me, which is probably understandable, seeing the book's layout and approach. Not nearly as interesting as either I had hoped or been told.”

  Joseph the Bald wrote this review Thursday, January 31 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 4 stars

  “This book really helped me understand the word "creativity".
  
  Mihaly derives lots of interesting conclusions by studying creative people like Nobel laureates, musicians, artists etc. He gives good enough reasons how he derives these conclusion. But this book is it is too damn long. Author spends lots of time with anecdotes (sometimes repeatedly) to make a point.”

  sivasantosh wrote this review Friday, November 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “Worst of the series.”

  Sigo wrote this review Tuesday, September 4 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
  • Rated 5 stars

  “This is one of the texts I'm using for my PhD but it's written in a non-academic style. After wading through lots of psychological journal articles, returning to this book is a relief. Although most dismiss it as pop-psychology because of Csikszentmihaly's success with this and his concept of 'flow', it is a wonderfully inclusive vision of creativity and innovation. ”

  Lilybett wrote this review Thursday, August 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No