Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimu…

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimulate new ones, if everyone were genuinely happy, there would be no need for business any longer. ✨ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning, p.27, Penguin
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