Centre for Army Leadership Conference 2019
52:14 min
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Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD, is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. In addition to the book How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain, Dr.
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the greatest living psychologists of our age. He earned his fame by defining and providing a detailed description of the FLOW state.
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Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the greatest psychologists of our time, pioneering researcher into optimal experience, or 'flow'.
• What really makes us glad to be alive? • What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile? • When do we experience ‘flow’ – a state of joy, creativity and total involvement? • What does the research show about the beneficial effects of ‘flow’ on our happiness and...
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."