Flow Resources

Here are my favorite books and other resources on Flow Science:

• Flow: Living at the Peak of Your Abilities by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Innovation by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler
• The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
• Living in Flow by Sky Nelson-Isaacs and Joseph Jaworski
• Advances in Flow Research by Corinna Peifer and Stefan Engeser – A recent compendium of individual and group flow science.
• Bone Games by Rob Schultheis – Great true story about a mountaineer who dropped into flow while getting out of the wilderness after an accident and then spent his life studying the conditions to find it again. Amazing mountaineering stories.
• Flow Research Collective – Flow training and research company founded by Steven Kotler and Rian Doris. One stop shop for peak performance training and flow research.
• Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler – about elite athletes, business leaders, and Navy SEALs tapping into altered states for higher performance.
• Mapping Cloud Nine by Steven Kotler – tied together psychology, philosophy, and modern neuroscience.