"Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure does."

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“Unfortunately, growing up with a zero-sum perspective is like a horse wearing blinders – it limits the field of view for opportunity.”

“You have a choice: pursue your dreams or be hired by someone else to help them fulfill their dreams.”

“There is a difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up.”

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“Most of your life you have been told to get the safe and steady job by people who had given up on their dreams years before you came along.”

“No democracy can survive without a thriving middle class and entrepreneurs are our job creators.”

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