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Many of us have created lives that give very little support for experimentation. We believe that answers already exist out there, independent of us. What if we invested more time and attention to our own experimentation? We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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Margaret J. Wheatley
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Business Theorist
Writer
Believe
Attention
Created
Time
Lives
Exist
Uniquely
Give
Already
Experimentation
Littles
Answers
Invested
Little
Focus
Discovering
Many
Effort
Efforts
Giving
Support
Solutions
Work
Passion
Independent

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