Who is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi from Flow and what is their importance?

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a world-renowned psychologist, Senior Fulbright Fellow and member of the National Academy of Leisure Sciences and the National Academy of Education. Csikszentmihalyi received his PhD in Psychology at the University of Chicago in 1965. Since that time, the author has dedicated his life to promoting his theories regarding optimal experience and how everyone has the ability to control the consciousness in order to experience happiness and fulfillment.