TED Talks Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, fulfillment and flow

Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, „What makes a life worth living?“ Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of „flow.“

Csikszentmihalyi’s bio at TED.com:

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: „When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.“ He is the architect of the notion of „flow“ — the creative moment when a person is completely involved in an activity for its own sake.Quality of Life Research Center there. He has written numerous books and papers about the search for joy and fulfillment.

Csikszentmihalyi teaches psychology and management at Claremont Graduate University, focusing on human strengths such as optimism, motivation and responsibility. He’s the director of the Quality of Life Research Center there. He has written numerous books and papers about the search for joy and fulfillment.

You may be interested in his framework in creativity (in German).