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Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.

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Andy Andrews
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: May 22
Author
Motivational Speaker
Orange Beach
Alabama
Hard
Masterpiece
Trying
Ignore
Never
Tiny
Picture
Successful
Success
Bigs
True
Eluding

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