Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning, p.48, Penguin
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