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Success in anything important rarely comes without the Five Horsemen of Success: planning, effort, positivity, perseverance and resilience.

Michael Josephson

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Michael Josephson
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 10
Motivational Speaker
Philosopher
Anything
Positivity
Without
Perseverance
Important
Rarely
Planning
Effort
Five
Success
Horsemen
Comes
Resilience

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