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Iniesta felt it. Donovan felt it.
The concept of Flow, publicized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (do you think he ever gets tired of spelling his name on the phone?) refers to altered state of being that happens when we are in tune with our labors. I wrote … Continue reading
“We embody what Americans are about — we can moan about it or we can get on with it.”
End of game update: USA wins 1-0 on a last-gasp Landon Donovan tap-in. If it’d come in the 50th minute, we’d all be saying “nice win.” But the suspense, the thought of going home while Slovenia and England progressed, had … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, doom and gloom, Flow in sports, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, World Cup
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Jim's a keeper 