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Instead of working so hard to prove the skeptics wrong, it makes a lot more sense to delight the true believers. They deserve it, after all, and they're the ones that are going to spread the word for you.

Seth Godin

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Seth Godin
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 10
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