He is particularly known for flow psychology and positive psychology.
Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done.
Learning for its own sake is rewarding."
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Growing up, he was fluent in Hungarian, Italian, and German.
During World War II, he spent time in an Italian prison camp where he discovered chess.
At age 16, he traveled to Switzerland where he had the opportunity to listen toCarl Jungspeak.
The experience had an influence on him.
I was trying to find a better system to order my life.
Jung seemed to be trying to cope with some of the more positive aspects of human experience."
He attended the University of Chicago where he earned his BA in 1960 and his PhD in 1965.
He describes flow as “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake.
The ego falls away.
Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz.
Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.”
Csikszentmihalyi’s ideas have also influenced people in business, government, education, and the arts.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s theory of flow has influenced people in a wide range of fields.
Here are a select few:
