Purpose provides activation energy for living. ✨ Creating Purpose by J…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Purpose provides activation energy for living. ✨ Creating Purpose by Jen Grisanti, www.huffingtonpost.com. Janaury 12, 2011.
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