Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly wha…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Few things are sadder than encountering a person who knows exactly what he should do, yet cannot muster enough energy to do it. He who desires but acts not, wrote Blake with his accustomed vigor, Breeds pestilence. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
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