Editor’s note: This is a very delayed article in appreciation of one of the founders of the positive psychology field. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi died on October 20, 2021 at the age of 87, having proposed and tested many of the ideas central to the field, especially the concept of flow.
Lessons on Becoming a Scientist from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
During a lab discussion about human development, my fellow grad student inquired, “How is upward striving defined?” Without missing a beat, our advisor quipped “That you want to take the elevator.”
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