The noted researcher
and author, MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, spoke at Miami on February
14, 2005 in Hall Auditorium. Dr. Csikszentmihalyi's research
on "flow" and peak performance has transformed much
of the thinking about what is required for us to make our
greatest contributions in sports, the arts, business, and
almost any area of endeavor.
Dr. Csikszentmihaly
is the C.S. and D.J. Davidson Professor of Psychology at the
Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
at Claremont Graduate University and Director of the Quality
of Life Research Center. He is a former professor and chair
of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago.
He is the author of 15 books and over 200 scholarly articles
on creativity and optimal performance. 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 of high challenge when personal skills are used
to the utmost. He has been a visiting professor at the University
of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, the University of Illinois,
the University of Milan, the University of Alberta, Escola
Paulista de Medecina in São Paulo, Brazil, Duquesne
University, the University of Maine, the University of Jyvakyla
in Finland, and the British Psychological Society.
Below are two chapters
from Dr. Csikszentmihalyi's publications that provide good
background on his research:
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