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Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

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Jim Rohn
Age: 79 †
Born: 1930
Born: September 17
Died: 2009
Died: December 5
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Entrepreneur
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Yakima
Washington
Emanuel James Rohn
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