Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - The Greatest Unanswered Question in Psychology Today

<p>In this episode we have one of the absolute living legends of psychology on the show - we discuss the GREATEST unanswered question in psychology, the biggest thing people mis-understand about flow, what advice young people can take away from our guest's incredible career, and what he thinks the absolute biggest takeaways from his own research are - and much more with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Your fate, your destiny, your future is not set out for you - you can shape it to be what you want it to be. You have the freedom to make life better for yourself and more worthwhile and meaningful for yourselves. Even the greatest traumas and struggles can be overcome. You don’t have to achieve fame and fortune to live a meaningful and wonderful life and to be truly alive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mihaly is Claremont Graduate University’s Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management. He is a bestselling author and founder and co-director of the Quality of Life Research Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Education, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Leisure Studies and his work has been featured on NPR,TED, WIRED, and more!! </p><p>The key ideas supported by the data around how people respond to Trauma. </p><p>People who are focused beyond themselves and their own wellbeing are more resilient to the things that happen to them.&nbsp;</p><p>When you focus on the wellbeing of others, society, your family, etc - you’re much more resilient to Trauma </p><p>How do you think of yourself? Do you think of yourself as the body in which you live? Do you see yourself as being part of a family, group, religion etc? This will shape your response to trauma.&nbsp;</p><p>The self is a very poor site for meaning - don’t put all your eggs in the fragile basket of the self&nbsp;</p><p>We are all connected - recognizing that helps contextualize our existence </p><p>Flow and happiness are not the same thing - but they are very related </p><p>Flow is a momentary state of experience and happin