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> [When someone is in a state of flow, that person's brain is not thinking about anything - it's just processing things through chunks at a total instinct level. Athletes in a state of flow describe knowing what will happen just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-maney/when-someone-is-in-a-state-of-flow-that-person-s-brain-is-not/)

[Kevin Maney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-maney/)

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