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For uncommon solutions, you have to look in uncommon places.

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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