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Successful people are successful for one simple reason: they think about failure differently.

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
Failure
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Think
Thinking
People
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