Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Audio & Video

In work, sport, conversation or hobby, you have experienced, yourself, the suspension of time, the freedom of complete absorption in activity.

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."

A discussion about the science of happiness with Claudia Wallis, Editor-at-Large of "Time" magazine, Martin Seligman, Director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi of Claremont Graduate University and Alan Krueger of Princeton University.

The co-authors of Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet discuss how professionals can do work that is both expert and socially responsible, even in market-driven times.

Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published his groundbreaking book Flow more than a decade ago...

The classic study of the creative process from the national best-selling author of Flow, Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living.

Part psychological study, part self-help book, Finding Flow is a prescriptive guide that helps us reclaim ownership of our lives.

In this wise, humane inquiry, Csikszentmihalyi (Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience) argues that genetically programmed behaviors that once helped humans adapt and multiply now threaten our survival.