Petra is a new manager for a household products company, after getting a promotion from an administrative job that she found boring.But now she frequently experiences ______, like when she had to explain the new product her team is developing to the CEO and several board members.As psychologist Csikzentmihalyi predicts, her ideal state would be an emotional zone between that and boredom.

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The ideal state that many people seek is an emotional zone somewhere between boredom and anxiety, in the view of psychologist Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi.Boredom, he says, may arise because skills and challenges are mismatched: You are exercising your high level of skill in a job with a low level of challenge, such as licking envelopes.Anxiety arises when one has low levels of skill but a high level of challenge, such as suddenly being called upon to give a rousing speech to strangers.

Petra Is a New Manager for a Household Products Company