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Money alone isn't enough to bring happiness... happiness is when you're actually truly ok with losing everything you have.

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Tony Hsieh
Age: 46 †
Born: 1973
Born: December 12
Died: 2020
Died: November 27
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Internet Entrepreneur
Urbana
Illinois
Xie Jiahua
Tony Xie
Enough
Truly
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Happiness
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Culture
Money
Everything
Losing

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