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Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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If achieving success were easy, more people would do it.
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Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.
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