Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; born 29 September 1934) is a Hungarian psychologist. He created the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state. He is the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth29 September 1934
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi quotes about
be-prepared persons prepared
Happiness is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated , and defended privately by each person.
good-life creativity goal
Problems are solved only when we devote a great deal of attention to them and in a creative way...to have a good life, it is not enough to remove what is wrong with it. We also need a positive goal, otherwise why keep going? Creativity is one answer to that question - It provides one of the most exciting models for living.
events doe happens
Happiness is not something that happens ... It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them.
teaching learning resilience
The ability to take misfortune and make something good come of it is a rare gift. Those who possess it are ..said to have resilience or courage.
teaching learning play
To play the trumpet well, a musician can not let more than a few days pass without practicing.
teaching hard-work learning
The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work
normal consciousness states
Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.
psychics people use
In knowledge-intensive business settings, where every manager has to oversee massive amounts of information as well as people, facilitating the use of psychic energy becomes a primary concern.
optimal happens
Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen.
time hands flow
You yourself are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost don't exist. I've experienced this time and again. My hand seems devoid of myself, and I have nothing to do with what is happening. I just sit there watching in a state of awe and wonderment. And it just flows out by itself.
positivity boredom anxiety
Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.
psychics feelings able
The psychic entropy peculiar to the human condition involves seeing more to do than one can actually accomplish and feeling able to accomplish more than what conditions allow.
shortcuts dangerous
But shortcuts are dangerous; we cannot delude ourselves that our knowledge is further along than it actually is.
finishing closure openness
Shift often from openness to closure.