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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Pronounced: "cheek-sent-me-high-ee". Originally Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, ) (born September 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy - now Croatia) is a Hungarian psychology pr...
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Flow (psychology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Professor Csikszentmihalyi is the director of the Quality of Life Research Center (QLRC). The QLRC is a non-profit research institute that studies "positive psychology"; that is, human strengths such as optimism, creativity, intrinsic motivation, and responsibility.
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Provides a brief coverage of Professor Csikszentmihalyi public lecture on "flow" in Sydney on 17 March 1999. ... This item in based on a public lecture presented by Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in Sydney on 17 March 1999, organized by the School of Leisure & Tourism Studies at the University of Technology Sydney.
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi â ... As a child in WWII Europe, I was dismayed to find out that grownups had no idea what was going on, and were helpless to extricate themselves from the mess they had created. I resolved to figure out how one could live a better life, and tried many things –– art, fiction, philosophy,
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According to psychologist and best-selling author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD, (pronounced 'cheeks sent me high') such people are most likely experiencing 'flow,' a state of deep focus that occurs when people engage in challenging tasks that demand intense concentration and commitment.
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Activity is challenging and requires skills ... Action and awareness merge ... Concentration on the task at hand...
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