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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Quotes: Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.
         

Unless a person knows how to give order to her thoughts, attention will be attracted to whatever is most problematic at the moment.


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