People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
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