When you read a biography, everybody wants to know the beginning. There's always a part of the biography after they're super rich and famous and they're donating a bunch of money and I'm glad they're doing all that, that's fundamentally not interesting. How many people can relate to that? But everybody can relate to, hey, I have a dream. This is what I want my life to be. Life is going to throw up all these barriers, so how do I navigate that maze to actually get to where I'm going? Everybody can relate to that.

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All this to say: not every success story needs to start with a cosmic, altruistic yes moment. Being rejected, overlooked, or ignored can serve as the greatest fuel for take-off. But, as I would come to learn, you can’t rely on that kind of kickoff fuel forever.

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I read this book when I was growing up. Pat Riley was invited to coach several basketball teams successfully and then became the general manager of the Miami Heat. He wrote a book in the 1990s called "The Winner Within," which is kind of cheesy, but ther... See more

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If you have a good idea that excites you, that compels you to take a detour from the comfort of a normal existence along the beaten path, you will first need to navigate this minefield of misunderstanding, whether it lives within you or sits between you and those whose opinions you value and respect. Because while you can never fully know what you’

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