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One of the world's leading authorities on the psychology of creativity. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is the C.S. and D.J. Davidson Professor of Psychology at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and Director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is also emeritus professor of human development at the University of Chicago, where he chaired the department of psychology. His life's work has been to study what makes people truly happy. Drawing upon years of systematic research he invented the concept of "flow" as a metaphorical description of the rare mental state associated with feelings of optimal satisfaction and fulfillment. His analysis of the internal and external conditions giving rise to "flow" show that it is almost always linked to circumstances with high challenge when personal skills are used to the utmost. The Hungarian-born social scientist, a graduate of the classical gymnasium, "Torquato Tasso" in Rome, completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Chicago and earned a Ph.D. in psychology there in 1965. Serving on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals, he has been a consultant in business, government organizations, educational associations, and cultural institutions and given invited lectures throughout the world. In addition to the hugely influential Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990), which was translated to 15 languages, he is the author of 13 other books and some 185 research articles. His latest volume, Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life, was published in 1997 by Basic Books. More: http://www.cgu.edu/qlrc/mike.htm, http://www.brainchannels.com/thinker/mihaly.html
http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/research/marschak/1997-98/abstracts/10oct97.htm
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