Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creativity, fulfillment and flow

taken from Mihaly Csikszentmihaly's lecture on TED, entitled Creativity, Fullfilment and Flow

• Completely involved in what we are doing - focused, concentrated.
• A sense of ecstasy - of being outside everyday reality.
• Great inner clarity - knowing what needs to be done, and how well we are doing
• Knowing that the activity is doable - that our skills are adequate to the tasks
• A sense of serenity - no worries of oneself, and a feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of the ego.
• Timelessness - thoroughly focused on the present, hours seem to pass by in minutes.
• Intrinsic motivation - whatever produces flow becomes its own reward.