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title: "2 Flow Person Quotes by 2 authors"
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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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> [“Csíkszentmihályi, a very brilliant psychologist, believed that what he called Flow was a state of complete absorption which produced the highest level of human happiness. It comes about when you are doing something which is difficult enough to require all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tania-kindersley/cs-kszentmih-lyi-a-very-brilliant-psychologist-believed-that-what-he/)

[Tania Kindersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tania-kindersley/)

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