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Obviously, you have to know what you need now and what you will soon need, then hire or promote from within to meet those needs.
Marcus Buckingham
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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
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Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.
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Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.
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