Professor M. Csikszentmihaly is a unique psychologist and public speaker from Europe. He has developed a technique to make a speech flow by using his research on how and what makes people the happiest. His desire to find out what makes a person happy has led him to spend most of his life trying to find the answer to the question, “How is it that fewer grown-ups are happy in their natural setting?” Similarly, he wanted to know what contributed to making a person live happy. Based on his research on the underlying reasons as to what makes a person want to live happy, he found it could be related to how they live their lives in general.
Csikszentmihaly researched many areas trying to find out the answers to his questions, which led him to the arts, and religion. His study of psychology also led him to try to understand …show more content…
He was determined to see how and where in people’s lives they feel the happiness. He turned his focus to creative people. He wanted to find out what drove them to do what they do all day, and how their happiness compared to ordinary people. Moreover, he set out to find out why it made their lives more meaningful and worth.
Even though Csikszentmihaly’s focus was on creative people, he also found that people are the happiest when they are in their ecstatic state. I find it to be quite interesting how he determined that the feeling of ecstasy was compared to a state of alternate reality. Specifically he noted that people are most happy when they are not doing their regular routine in life.
Of course people seem to be happier when they are not at work, or doing chores at home. I believe this is a natural feeling in most of us. As the speech mentions, it does not take much to make us feel happy. It could be a simple piece of paper to write or draw on. It may also be music played that brings out a form of happiness that Csikszentmihaly referred to as
Csikszentmihaly researched many areas trying to find out the answers to his questions, which led him to the arts, and religion. His study of psychology also led him to try to understand …show more content…
He was determined to see how and where in people’s lives they feel the happiness. He turned his focus to creative people. He wanted to find out what drove them to do what they do all day, and how their happiness compared to ordinary people. Moreover, he set out to find out why it made their lives more meaningful and worth.
Even though Csikszentmihaly’s focus was on creative people, he also found that people are the happiest when they are in their ecstatic state. I find it to be quite interesting how he determined that the feeling of ecstasy was compared to a state of alternate reality. Specifically he noted that people are most happy when they are not doing their regular routine in life.
Of course people seem to be happier when they are not at work, or doing chores at home. I believe this is a natural feeling in most of us. As the speech mentions, it does not take much to make us feel happy. It could be a simple piece of paper to write or draw on. It may also be music played that brings out a form of happiness that Csikszentmihaly referred to as