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Optimism is the ability to focus on where we're going, not where we're coming from.

Simon Sinek

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Simon Sinek
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 9
Author
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Simon O. Sinek
Simon Oliver Sinek
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Optimism
Coming
Focus

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