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

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Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi (29 September 1934 – 20 October 2021) was a Hungarian-American psychologist. He recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow", a highly focused mental state conducive to creativity. He was the Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. Earlier, he served as the head...

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