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Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it

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Steve Pavlina
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 14
Author
Businessperson
Engineer
Programmer
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Growth
Security
Worthless
Sacrifice

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