7 must-read sports books like Running Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

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Running Flow

By: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

3.81

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Ask any serious runner and they’ll tell you that being mentally sound is vital to success in the sp…

If you liked the sports plot in Running Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.10

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more

Similar categories in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Only the autodidacts are free."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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2. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

By: Jonice Webb , Christine Musello

4.01

Format: 175 pages, Paperback

Running on Emptyis the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your c… read more

Similar categories in Jonice Webb's Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life by Selene Yeager, Stacy T. Sims

3. ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

By: Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims

3.76

Format: None pages, Paperback

Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one. Because most nutrition products and tra… read more

Similar categories in Selene Yeager's ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health

4. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By: Gabor Maté

3.91

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical … read more

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5. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

By: None , Matthew Walker

4.38

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781501144318. Neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker pr… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
"the shorter your sleep, the shorter your life span "

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia..."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don't."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

"Sleep is the single most effective thing we can do to reset our brain and body health each day -- Mother Nature's best effort yet at contra-death."

-None, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

6. Daniels' Running Formula

By: Jack Daniels

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Get in the best shape of your running career with the scientifically based training in Daniels' Run… read more

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7. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

By: Dan Ariely

3.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent a… read more

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8. Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports

By: Tim Noakes

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Drink as much as you can, even before you feel thirsty." That's been the mantra to athletes and co… read more

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9. The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

By: Cait Flanders

3.47

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the co… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"I wanted to be surrounded by those who valued living over working, Spending time outdoors over spending time online, and doing things for themselves over paying for every possible convenience"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"Stuff I purchased with every intention of using, but only because I told myself it would somehow help. I wasn't good enough, but this stuff would make me better. I wanted to read, wear, and do everyt…"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

"I couldn't ever blame them for trying to get me to shop with them or ship for myself or simply enjoy my money - this was a behavior many people learned and exhibited in all kinds of circumstances in …"

-Cait Flanders, The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

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10. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

By: Susan Cain

3.98

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bitte… read more

Similar categories in Susan Cain's Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
"Everything that you love, you will eventually lose. But in the end, love will return in a different form."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The place you suffer is the place you care. You hurt because you care. Therefore, the best response to pain is to dive deeper into your caring."

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

"The third answer is the most difficult one to grasp, but it's also the one that can save you. The love you lost, or the love you wished for and never had: That love exists eternally. It shifts its sh…"

-Susan Cain, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

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11. Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

By: Rich Roll

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover for this edition can be found here. Finding Ultra is an incredible but true a… read more

Similar categories in Rich Roll's Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
"I loved the pain, and the pain loved me back."

-Rich Roll, Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself

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12. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

By: Julie Smith

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
"When we focus on trying to fix the problem, it is easy to underestimate the power of simply being there."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

"In acceptance, the new reality is still not OK. It is still not as we want it to be. But we begin to take on the new reality, listen to our needs, open up to new experiences and make connections."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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13. Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight

By: William Davis

3.80

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

**National Bestseller** The bestselling author of the Wheat Belly books brings his next big, ga… read more

Similar categories in William Davis's Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
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14. The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential

By: Wim Hof

3.83

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only definitive book authored by Wim Hof on his powerful met… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • health
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15. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

By: Kelly Starrett

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fe… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Starrett's Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • self help
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16. Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

By: Lauren Fleshman

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
"It takes guts to put yourself out there when your body doesn't match the ideal, and to keep doing your best when your best isn't what you hoped for, or what others expected."

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attac…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"…my whole life I had been engaging in the hard work of learning to run for myself, not for others. I had been learning how to return to myself, again and again, in a world full of forces that consist…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

"Title IX opened a door fifty years ago that can never be closed again, but equality doesn’t end at the equal right to play. True equality in sports, like any other industry, requires rebuilding the s…"

-Lauren Fleshman, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World

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17. Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

By: Casey Means

4.21

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A bold new vision for optimizing our health now and in the future. What if depression, anxiety, … read more

Similar categories in Casey Means's Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Gabrielle Lyon

18. Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well

By: Gabrielle Lyon

3.75

Format: 368 pages, ebook

Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new … read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
Cover of Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age by Gwendolyn Bounds

19. Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age

By: Gwendolyn Bounds

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist tells the inspiring story of her unlikely midlife journey to master the… read more

Similar categories in Gwendolyn Bounds's Not Too Late: The Power of Pushing Limits at Any Age book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • self help
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
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20. The Athlete's Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance

By: Sage Rountree

3.84

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

If you've hit a wall in your training, maybe it’s because you aren't giving the gains enough time t… read more

Similar categories in Sage Rountree's The Athlete's Guide to Recovery: Rest, Relax, and Restore for Peak Performance book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • health
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21. Running Flow

By: Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

3.81

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Ask any serious runner and they’ll tell you that being mentally sound is vital to success in the sp… read more

Similar categories in Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow book and Mihály Csíkszentmihályi's Running Flow

  • health
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • self help

17 Top nonfiction books like Running Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

Transform Your Habits

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.10

Transform Your Habits

Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

Jonice Webb , Christine Musello

4.01

Transform Your Habits

ROAR: How to Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong, Lean Body for Life

Selene Yeager , Stacy T. Sims

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

None , Matthew Walker

4.38

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World

Gretchen Rubin

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Tom Lake

Ann Patchett

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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