Csikszentmihalyi has characterized flow as “The state in which people are so intensely involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990, p, 4). In this lesson, we look at how flow appears in our lives and how it benefits us.

In this lesson, we look at the key elements of flow and the conditions for its creation.

In this lesson, we look at what recent neuroscience has discovered about what is happening in our brains during flow experiences.

In this lesson, we look at what can happen if we take flow too far, what it means to live a life of flow, and how we can create it.

Here's your homework for Module 7. Please print and write your answers, preferably by hand (rather than on the computer).