... It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were. (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)

... It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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