Want to increase your well-being, creativity, and productivity? If so, you might want to cultivate flow, a concept describing those moments when you’re completely absorbed in a challenging but doable task. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, considered one of the co-founders of positive psychology, was the first to identify and research flow. (If you’re not sure how to pronounce his name, here’s a phonetic guide: “Me high? Cheeks send me high!”) “The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times .

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Kai Li (李锴)

PhD candidate of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University

Leiden University

the Netherlands