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Flow, the secret to happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi · TED

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About

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 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."

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2004
Speaker
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Year
2004
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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