![]() A bestseller translated into more than 20 languages, the book’s many admirers include business leaders, President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson who, following the team’s 1993 Super Bowl victory, said of Flow that “my team has won because of this book.” Ideas & InterestsĬsikszentmihalyi’s interest in what he later identified as“flow” started during his graduate years at the University of Chicago. So they set out to develop a focus on happiness, well-being, and positivity with a goal to create a field focused on human well-being and the conditions that enable people to flourish and live satisfying lives.Ĭsikszentmihalyi’s work with Seligman was preceded by his growing international reputation as the author, in 1990, of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. ![]() He devoted his life to finding an answer to a simple question: What constitutes a happy life?Īffectionately known on the CGU campus as “Mike C,” Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-with Professor Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania-saw something lacking in psychology’s areas of study. ![]()
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