The notion of flow attracted the attention of leaders in business, the arts, and sports, gaining him legendary status among admirers across disciplines and professions Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s “Flow, the secret to happiness” Watch Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s Flow, the secret to happiness talk on TEDĬsíkszentmihályi was elected external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1998. In 1990, the publication of his seminal book Flow: The Psychology Of Optimal Experience brought Csikszentmihalyi’s work far beyond the academic discipline of psychology. From 1999 to his death he was professor of psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University. From 1985, he was a member of the advisory board of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. After graduating from the University of Chicago in 1959, he taught at Lake Forest College.įrom 1971 to 1987, Csíkszentmihályi was professor of human development at the University of Chicago. He emigrated to the United States in 1956. Known for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, Csíkszentmihályi introduced flow theory in the 1970s, defining flow as a state of mind attained when one becomes fully immersed in an activity.Ĭsíkszentmihályi was born in 1934 in Rijeka, then part of the Kingdom of Italy. Hungarian-American psychologist Mihály Csikszentmihályi, the architect of the flow theory, has died, aged 87, his family said last week.
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