Discrimination Affects Our Flow In The Workplace

There were three different issues Csikszentmihalyi talked about in this chapter that affects our flow in the workplace. The first issue he talked about was how few jobs nowadays have clear goals. Our workers today don’t set any goals for themselves or their work place, causing them to not care if they don’t finish a task that day. We should be concerned with making clear goals and sticking to finishing them as a way to improve our job. The second reason mentioned is due to contemporary jobs seldom provide adequate feedback. Meaning they don’t give you feedback that will help you improve your skill sets or yourself as an employee. They simply tell you that you are doing just fine like everyone else you work with and to continue doing what

I also have to thanks my parents for all they have taught me in terms of being an employee and by listening to them talk about their days also have been helpful. I know there are certain days at my mom’s job where she doesn’t reach flow. The reason why I know this is due to her attitude and body language once she gets home from work. Usually it will stem from someone not doing their job correctly, she got a defect in her work, or things just weren’t going right for her. She has talked about how frustrating it can be to work with people who don’t care about their work and are simply there to get it done the fastest way possible, which is not good quality. Also I think the people around her at work also affect her ability to reach flow. If they are having a bad day and things it also seems to influence how her day

I would say I have achieved it more times than not, which is good. There are several things I know which cause me to not reach flow in a day. Those would be when I get frustrated, have to do certain trainings, people not listen when I ask a question or for them to do something, and having to do peoples dirty work. Most of these issues occurred on days in which I was not able to reach flow and it affected me even after I left work. Another issue which interfered with my flow was the mood of the people I was around or working with. I would have to say out of all the jobs I’ve had, this one has taught me the most about flow. No matter where you work you are going to always have your good and bad days, but I need to not let the little things get in the way of if flow happens or not. Every job is going to require you to do things you don’t want to and maybe they found you best fit for it so be happy not