Pathway 2 “Engagement / Flow”

Orin Davis, the first person to receive a PhD in positive psychology, honors his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, for not just being a great contributor to the field, but also being a powerful role model of how to be a good scientist. Csikszentmihaly was open to seeing his own ideas challenged, extended, or even contradicted.

I developed a concise survey instrument to assess 6 qualities in managers from the perspective of their subordinates. Work by Steger, Rosso, and others associates these qualities with greater likelihood of employees finding their work meaningful. In a survey of 586 German employees, I found that those who found their managers high in CAARMA were …

Employing tools from aviation can allow people to take charge of their lives and pilot successful futures. Embracing your life with eyes wide open allows you to design your own life story, full of appreciation, gratitude, and awe.

Mindfulness, hypnosis, and flow all involve states of deep attention, but each has a key differentiator.

Including psychological well-being in a company’s health promotion effort can take you from basic wellness to greater overall well-being. It helps us do more, and do it better.