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  1. Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on 29 September 1934 in Fiume, [4] now known as Rijeka, [5] then part of the Kingdom of Italy. His family name derives from the village of Csíkszentmihály in Transylvania. [6] He was the third son of a career diplomat at the Hungarian Consulate in Fiume. [5] [7] In 1944, when Csikszentmihalyi was ten ...

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  2. Oct 28, 2021 · Prof. Emeritus Mihaly “Mike” Csikszentmihalyi, a pioneering University of Chicago psychologist known as the “father of flow,” died Oct. 20 at his home in Claremont, California. He was 87. As a scholar, he is best known for creating flow theory—referring to a state of being in which people become so immersed in the joy of their work or ...

  3. Oct 27, 2021 · Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on Sept. 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy, a port city that is now part of Croatia and known as Rijeka. His father, Alfred Csikszentmihalyi, was a Hungarian ...

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  5. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was the pioneering co-founder of the field of positive psychology. Known to many as the “father of flow”—a term he coined to refer to the psychological state of optimal performance—Csikszentmihalyi was a researcher, educator, public speaker, and co-director of the university’s Quality of Life Research Center.

  6. Oct 27, 2021 · Professor Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote that the best moments in life are not the passive, receptive, or relaxing times. By that logic, the late psychology professor, “Father of Flow ,” author of numerous books, and holder of countless titles — not least among them husband, father, and grandfather — undoubtedly counted many great moments in his lifetime.

  7. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi believed creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: "When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life." He was the architect of the notion of ...

  8. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, "What makes a life worth living?" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of "flow."

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