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The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Seth Godin

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Seth Godin
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 10
Author
Blogger
Computer Scientist
Economist
Entrepreneur
Writer
Mount Vernon
New York
Trying
Dwarfed
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Tiny
Failure
Cost
Leadership
Huge

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