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Number of words: 84<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no social change can come about until the consciousness of individuals is changed first. When a young man asked Carlyle how he should go about reforming the world, Carlyle answered, \u201cReform yourself. That way there will be one less rascal in the world.\u201d The advice is still valid. Those who try to make life better for everyone without having learned to control their own lives first usually end up making things worse all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from pages 190 of Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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