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Mission + tools. That’s really what it takes to have focus...you fail at focus because whatever you are trying to focus on isn’t important enough to you.

Chris Brogan

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Chris Brogan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
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An owner is someone who chooses to own their life, own their choices, and own their future.
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Don't settle. Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it.
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Walt Disney believed in himself instead of worrying what others were saying.
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Your day is your week is your month is your year.
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There's no value to working hard on being really popular.
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To truly know what works, you have to learn what doesn't work first.
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The inbox is the perfect delivery system of other people's priorities.
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Surrounded yourself with brilliant people. You can't HELP but grow when that happens.
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An inventor creates something that works. An entrepreneur creates something that others will buy.
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If you accept all the praise, you have to accept all the critics.
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