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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Hungarian-American psychologist who named and studied the state of flow. Claremont Graduate University professor; author of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (1990).

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Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyipsychology
Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyipsychology

Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.

Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance.