Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness
"...an impressive cross-cultural effort....a valuable compilation of major theoretical and empirical developments in one volume....well worth the attention of psychologists who are concerned with intrinsic motivations in work and at play."   Contemporary Psychology"...an interdisciplinary anthology of some of the most stimulating conceptual extensions of the original flow model together with a selection from the research that in the past decade  has rounded out our understanding of the conditions that make an enjoyable life possible."   Exceptional Human Experience"The book provides a theoretical model of optimal experience, gives accounts of flow in a variety of human situations. It also shows how certain ways of life promote flow, and describes the methodology and measurement of flow in everyday life."   New Scientist