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Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to be chaos.

Frederick Lenz

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Frederick Lenz
Age: 48 †
Born: 1950
Born: February 9
Died: 1998
Died: April 12
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Entrepreneur
San Diego
California
Chaos
Stop
Hard
Different
Trying
Work
Really
Mindfulness
Good
Buddhism

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