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Successful people...focus on the rewards of success: learning from their mistakes and thinking about how they can improve themselves and their situations.
John C. Maxwell
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John C. Maxwell
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 20
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Garden City
Michigan
John Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell
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