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этот неловкий момент, когда у человека есть великая теория, и он блестяще изложил ее в одной книге, но кушать хочется не один раз в жизни, а постоянно, поэтому автор пытается написать еще 10 книг про эту теорию, но выходит плохо ничего не добавила эта книга к моему знанию и ощущению теории потока, добавила только недоумения и раздражения. работает - не лезь.
Of the three Csikszentmihalyi books i've read Finding Flow, Good Business and now this, The Evolving Self this is his most comprehensive collection of his philosophies and insights, but not the most compelling. frankly, I had trouble finishing the book. I love the spirit of his words and he is one the most thoughtful and engaged writers I've read when talking about flow, and sucking the meat out of life, but folded into a larger evolutionary patina i found it dry and bordering on preachy. I say bordering on because he has restraint enough to hold back enough to make it flirting rather than foreplay but you can't escape the the sensation that he thinks the world ought to be a lot better than it is and when people start talking like that i tend to tune out. for a reasoned call for virtue, wisdom, and harmony this book excels. For compelling, realistic guidance i think its found lacking.
