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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, born on September 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia), is best known for his pioneering work on the psychological concept of "flow." Csikszentmihalyi introduced this theory in his seminal book "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990), which explores the state of being fully immersed and engaged in activities. more Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, born on September 29, 1934, in Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia), is best known for his pioneering work on the psychological concept of "flow." Csikszentmihalyi introduced this theory in his seminal book "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" (1990), which explores the state of being fully immersed and engaged in activities. During the 1970s, he conducted extensive research on happiness and creativity, leading to the development of flow theory, which describes how people find genuine satisfaction during a state of consciousness characterized by complete absorption in an activity. Csikszentmihalyi also served as the head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago and later as a distinguished professor at Claremont Graduate University. His work has profoundly influenced the fields of psychology and education. less

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"Complexity requires investing energy to go beyond entropy, the universal law of inertia and decay, and beyond the social programming that keeps us on a narrow track"
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"The meaning of life is meaning: whatever it is, wherever it comes from, a unified purpose is what gives meaning to life"
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"Competition is an easy way to experience flow, but it is a cheap trick "
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"The best way a human being can spend a lifetime is to develop something that is universally recognized as worthwhile "
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"Repression is not the way to virtue. When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished "
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"Each person allocates his or her limited attention either by focusing it intentionally like a beam of energy or by diffusing it in desultory random movements "
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