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Failure is not about insecurity. It's about lack of execution.

Jeffrey Gitomer

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Jeffrey Gitomer
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 11
Author
Businessperson
Journalist
Writer
West Palm Beach
Florida
Lack
Inspiring
Failure
Inspirational
Entrepreneurship
Execution
Insecurity
Entrepreneur

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