Creativity Flow Book Report

Reading the book Creativity flow and the psychology of discovery and invention was an eye-opening experience. All though, it was repetitive and dull at times, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi manages to fill the book with extremely insightful and thought-provoking ideas on life. He continually managed to shift gears from a slow pacing book to an Awakening masterpiece. That was a first for me because I usually hate slow books. If you also want to be proven wrong that slow and dull books can have a lot of meaning, then I suggest you read Creativity flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. Trust me you won't regret it.
I talked earlier about how the book was extremely insightful and thought-provoking, but that's not its only strength. It also was really good at saying how your Surroundings play a part in your creative ideas as well. A key example of this is when he is talking about the American education system. Kids today are being forced to learn subjects that are not relative towards their daily life. That means if you hate what you are learning not only does your brain suffer your creativity will decrease. Another awesome case of Mihaly using thought-provoking ideas is …show more content…
You are correct, but before you start running towards your nearest bookstore there are some downfalls you should know. First of all this book has a lot of filler. A prime example of that occurs on page three hundred and fifty-six when he is talking about the phraseology of how to use psychic energy more effectively. Honestly, I was lost when he started talking about that. He could have benefited from shortening the book a few pages. That way the reader could get straight to the point and not have to go through the boring parts. If he did shorten the book would we be talking about the truth bombshells as much? I personally think it was intentional and should teach you that in life some of the most beautiful things are worth waiting