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There is one aspect of happiness that's been well studied, and it's the notion of flow. Ask yourselves, when for you does time stop? When are you truly at home, wanting to be no place else?

Martin Seligman

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Martin Seligman
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 12
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