Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness

http://www.ted.com Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi 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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[Capture Your Flag]

Mihaly's work is fundamental to understanding the inputs that go into leading a fulfilling, meaningful career and/or life. Other writers and researchers who we feel build on this are Simon Sinek (Start With Why), Daniel Pink (Drive), Malcolm Gladwell (Outliers) and, from a more academic, positive psychology perspective, Jonathan Haidt (The Happiness Hypothesis, UVA), Daniel Gilbert (Stumbling on Happiness, Harvard), Chris Peterson (UMichigan) & Martin Seligman (Authentic Happiness, UPenn).

[Richard Johnstone]

This talk is well summarized in a single slide containing seven points. It occurs at time mark 14:00

[Pete Cumberland]

Try the book instead. As a writer he's incredibly engaging, and the books covers far more than this talk in a tour-de-force through history, culture, religion and the mind. Flow, and one of his others, The Evolving Self are both in my top 10 all time favourites and I can't recommend them enough. He's just more of a writer than a speaker.. ( by quite a large margin..)

[Ngu Ha]

I found that really informative. I stumbled upon this coz my buddy grew to be a lady-magnet - and he's overweight He went from zero to hero. He acted like it was normal for a while. Then he told me when he was drunk on Bourbon. He said he learned from the Jake Ayres Master Attraction Formula. Google it and you'll find it... He's dating a sexy chick...

[Ida Spaulding]

Thanks for that.

[MrLeagueOJustice]

Why didn't the fucker just modify his name for us?

[pnasr]

Thanks. got it.

[pnasr]

Thank you.

[Brett Foster]

ME-Ha-Lee Chick-Sent-Me-High

[Darko Stojilović]

Members of the band Sigur Ros described similiar experience in their documentary Heima.

[sophelet]

I've seen it written phonetically as "chick-sent-me-HIGH-ee." It's a Hungarian name.

[pnasr]

Please, someone how do you pronounce his name?