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Don't settle for less than is possible.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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Economist
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Ready, fire, aim. Do it! Make it happen! Action counts. No one ever sat their way to success.
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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Forget all the conventional 'rules' but one. There is one golden rule: Stick to topics you deeply care about and don't keep your passion buttoned inside your vest. An audience's biggest turn-on is the speaker's obvious enthusiasm. If you are lukewarm about the issue, forget it!
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