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The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

John C. Maxwell

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John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
Pain
Experience
Motivating
Leadership
Loss
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