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    Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
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    Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
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    Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention

    Written by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    Narrated by Sean Pratt

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    About this audiobook

    The classic study of the creative process from the national bestselling author of Flow Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals what leads to these moments-be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab-so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists, as well as his thirty years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous flow 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 explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateJul 1, 2015
    ISBN9781469031613
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    Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
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    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021) was a professor at Claremont Graduate University and former chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. His books include Creativity, The Evolving Self and the national bestseller Flow.

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    • 3/5
      An interesting approach to the analysis of creativity: looking at the lives of creative people and identifying similarities (and in some cases, differences) between them. Csikszentmihalyi also comes up with some broad recommendations about how to live a more creative life. These include: be curious and open, persevere, be surprised and surprising, allow yourself downtime, be playful, avoid gender-stereotypical behaviours.
    • 5/5
      The book is si only a masterpiece - it should be read by every child on earth
    • 1/5
      I had high hopes for this book as I've been on a bender of sorts with books and audiobooks related to creativity. Unfortunately this was no where near what I thought it would be. It starts off talking about a scientist, and how society has shifted away from religion in the usual way and have now put man as creator since we "understand more". then more science crap. Top it off with it being narrated by a guy who speaks in a way that makes me want to fall asleep this was just far from what you would expect when looking for a creativity book. if you're in to science and technology though this may be your thing.
    • 4/5
      Csikszentmihalyi is known for defining flow but "Creativity" is a much better book. I made several failed attempts to read "Flow" and it was too meandering, philosophical and impractical to stick with it. This book, on the other hand, is more practical and profound. Highly recommended.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 3/5

      The book is accessible and at times very interesting when delving into the traits and behaviours that make creative people creative. When it looks for the backgrounds and root causes for people's creativity it reaches conclusions too fast and heads for the nearest plausible narrative. When the author moves out of his field of study to put creativity in greater context he is also on thin ice. The worst exampple being when he claims that systemic thinkers (sociologists, environmentalists etc) have re-invented systemic thinking lost with eastern religions (!!). The "How to be personally creative" chapter towards the end is also redundant for anyone who has paid attention during the rest of the book.

      The portions where the author is just investigating and not concluding are very interesting, so if you can overlook portions of the book - I'd recommend this.

      2 people found this helpful