Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was a Hungarian-American psychologist whose research on creativity, happiness, and optimal experience helped establish positive psychology. He coined the term “flow” for the state of deep absorption in an activity and explored how people attain it across pursuits including art, sport, and work. His influential book *Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience* (1990) brought these ideas to a broad audience, while his later work at Claremont Graduate University expanded research on well-being and human flourishing.