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People don't want to be millionaires - they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

Tim Ferriss

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Tim Ferriss
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: July 20
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Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.
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Having a size 9 foot is fantastic because almost all of the shoe companies do their prototyping in size 9, so if you visit a place like Nike headquarters, you can try every sort of wacky, out-there model.
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