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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.

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Tony Hsieh
Age: 46 †
Born: 1973
Born: December 12
Died: 2020
Died: November 27
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Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Internet Entrepreneur
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