Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi taught psychology at the University of Chicago for three decades and created the concept of the mental frame of mind known as flow, or a state of happiness when a person is ...

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian-born psychologist who showed how everyone from artists to assembly-line workers can be transported to a state of focused contentment by getting caught in the “flow ...

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021), a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and originator of the concept of flow. Source: Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain. Author: Ehirsh. In his ...

Get into your groove… like your life depends on it. “Flow state” is defined as optimal fluidity between body and mind where time slows, senses are heightened, and we experience the deep satisfaction ...

When you feel like you’ve hit your stride at work, achieving a state of pure focus and creativity, that’s flow. The term was coined by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who described it as “a ...

Are you finding it hard to focus right now? Working within a state of flow is hypnotic and a great way of accomplishing goals while having fun. That said, it takes a bit of work to achieve flow, ...

In one of Don Draper’s more memorable bits of wisdom, the fictional ad exec advised a creatively blocked colleague: “Just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to optimize career success. Have you ever been so focused that you can concentrate on one task for a prolonged ...