![]() ![]() The idea of flow is identical to the feeling of being in the zone or in the groove. ![]() a state of concentration or complete absorption with the activity at hand and the situation. ![]() In his seminal work, 'Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience', Csíkszentmihályi outlines his theory that people are most happy when they are in a state of flow. Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed and still kept within the bounds of reason." His works are influential and are widely cited. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. Csikszentmihalyi once said "Repression is not the way to virtue. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, described Csikszentmihalyi as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology. He is the author of many books and over 120 articles or book chapters. He is noted for his work in the study of happiness and creativity, but is best known as the architect of the notion of flow and for his years of research and writing on the topic. Now 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. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (, born September 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy - now Croatia) is a Hungarian psychology professor, who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22. ![]()
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