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What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.

John C. Maxwell

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John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
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Motivational Speaker
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Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
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