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 n.— «Winter’s approach and, with it, our deepening commitment to our work, is a good time to remind ourselves of the theory of “flow.” Coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,…flow is an optimum state, what we all want when we work: a feeling of utter engagement, rapt concentration and singularity of purpose.» —“With winter coming, think flow, not snow” by Judith Timson Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) Nov. 9, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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