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We're all filled with naturally recurring patterns that make us unique - they're called talents. And our charge is to bloody well use them.

Marcus Buckingham

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
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Motivational Speaker
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Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
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A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.
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Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.
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