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Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

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Brandon Mull
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 8
Novelist
Writer
Utah
United States
People
Mistakes
Smart
Leadership
Ones
Mistake
Learn
Others
Real
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