- A culture that contains symbolic rules
- A person who brings novelty into the symbolic domain
- And a field of experts who recognise and validate the innovation
A TED TALKS clip in which "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.""  |
| In the talk Csikszentmihalyi found that a lack of materialistic things contributes to unhappiness however the increase of materialistic things did not mean that happiness increased.
So Csikszentmihalyi discovered that creativity brings out the happiness in those. Using a variety of different creative people such as an orchestra composer. When someone is completely engaged in creating something new, there is not enough attention left to focus on other things that are affecting him, such as his worries at home or his tiredness, as existence is temporarily suspended.
Csikszentmihalyi encourages that people work in an environment that stimulates people, where they can work to their hearts content. To be 'in the flow' in your work place, you must match this criteria:
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If people tend to not match the list, emotions such as: anxiety, worry and boredom can become overwhelming and people can become very negative, where they feel useless in their jobs and they can easily lose their skills and creativity and no longer be happy.
