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born 1934 Hungary

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi [pronounced: Me high, Cheeks send me high] (born 29 September 1934) is a Hungarian-American psychologist, famous for recognising and naming the psychological concept of flow, a highly focused mental state.

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There is a feeling of control over the task

Clarity of goals and reward in mind and immediate feedback

Transformation of time (speeding up/slowing down of time)

Actions and awareness are merged, losing self-conscious rumination

There is a balance between challenge and skills

The experience is intrinsically rewarding

Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage. For each person there are thousands of opportunities, challenges to expand ourselves.

Flow: the psychology of optimal experience (2008)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.