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A savvy and snappy compilation of some of the best research on talent. I've given away more than a dozen copies of this one — including to my own kids.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008 | Book
The classic book that introduced the idea of "flow" — those delicious moments when the challenge we face is so exquisitely matched to our capabilities that we lose our sense of time, even our sense of self.
Edward L. Deci and Richard Flaste | Penguin Books, 1996 | Book
Much of the work I write about in Drive comes out of the University of Rochester. You can find a great selection of academic papers on self-determination theory online.