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If you try to delight the undelightable, you've made yourself miserable for no reason.

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
Reason
Trying
Made
Miserable
Delight

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