Good Time Flow is a research-driven movement with the mission to uncover and provide ways for people, organizations, and societies to systematically move toward a future where progress increases human fulfillment.
When Success Felt Empty
Christian grew up in a small village in Germany. In his teenage years, he started to chase “success” as society defined it: status, high education, and building his own business. By age 20, when he had it all, he felt empty. Depression followed, along with the question: "What is the point of life if this is all there is?" He stood close to giving up on life, but tried the path once more, going bigger this time, in case he had missed something. But again, success failed to bring fulfillment.
📍 Germany
Searching Beyond Success
To find answers to how life could be lived in a more fulfilling way, he left his home country. He traveled through 25+ countries, immersing himself in different ways of living and learning from retired CEOs, artists, farmers, monks, the elderly, and children. Each represented a different way of relating to work, meaning, body, time, and life itself.
📍 Europe & Asia
Revealing Patterns
📍 Europe & Asia
Although people lived very different lives, he noticed a common attempt to maximize good times, what he later called the Maximized Good Time (MGT) objective. What also became clear was that people were biased by methods they had once picked up and that had worked at times, while no one had figured out how to reliably reach MGT. Yet the quality of someone’s time was shaped by past events. This convinced Christian that the factors behind good times must be distillable, and therefore predictable and systematically designable.
Committing to What Matters
During this exploration, Christian reached a point where he deeply loved his life, even though he could not fully explain how he had arrived there. But, reaching this state after all he went through was revealing his calling:
“Help others to truly love their lives too”.
Christian committed to this by signing a contract with himself.
📍 Thailand
Researching with Academic Rigor
📍 China
He began studying philosophies from around the world, testing diverse practices, and exploring ways of living that challenged everything he believed he knew. Across hundreds of approaches, one question remained: Do they actually improve the quality of life? He found there was no reliable way to tell without measurement. When he realized that no culturally unbiased way to measure quality of life existed, he dedicated four years of his Ph.D. research to developing the Good Time Ratio (GTR) metric.
When Theory Met Reality
During the development of the GTR, Christian reached financial and emotional rock bottom when it took longer than expected. Throughout the years, anxieties rose, and his relationship stood one message away from ending. This real-world stress test revealed critical blind spots in the framework. Once the equation held, Christian applied the principles radically to his own life. As the model predicted, anxiety transformed into a steady mix of peace and forward energy. His relationship recovered and deepened, and for the first time, his quality of life improved with predictable certainty.
📍 China
Making Good Times a Science
📍 China
Following, GTR became the first cross-cultural way to quantify life quality and reveal the impact of different life elements. It quickly gained attention and was discussed across academic disciplines, leading to the emergence of a new field of study, The Science of Good Times (SGT). Rather than only measuring outcomes, SGT distilled and continues to distill fundamental principles for how good times can be maximized, aligned with what Christian had experienced firsthand.
From Insights to Technology
📍 International
With this data-driven approach, Christian saw how technology could support building life paths with maximized good times. Together with a team, he developed the GoodTime app, the first life dashboard and navigator designed to systematically increase good times.
Taking Good Times Into the World
📍 Global
Today, the GoodTime app continues to evolve, while Christian brings this work into the world through the Good Time Journey Podcast, public talks, and applied programs for individuals and organizations.
Together with a growing community of Good Time Creators and leaders, he works to make the pursuit of Maximized Good Times a conscious priority in personal life, organizations, and societal design.
Get an authentic look into Christian’s life as he began questioning conventional definitions of success. Recorded and reflected on in real time, these videos capture turning points as they unfolded, before outcomes were clear.
