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Getting after this terrible, avoidable waste of human potentiality is what gets me out of bed every morning.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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Human
Avoidable
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Potentiality
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It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.
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When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.
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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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