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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.

Blake Mycoskie

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?
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Motivational Obstacle Success
Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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Backpack Identity Students
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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Firsts Important Step
Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.
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Dream Entrepreneur Important
I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
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Country Greatness Motivational
I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
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Craigslist Entrepreneur Thinking
A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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Boundaries Doors Stories
Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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Complicated Facts Opposites
Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them.
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Being Thankful Earth
When you have a memorable story about who you are and what your mission is, your success no longer depends on how experienced you are or how many degrees you have or who you know. A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers, and opens doors.
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Doors Memorable Stories
The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.
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Bottles Important Wine
Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn’t scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I’d love to take you to lunch.
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Ideas Love Lunch People Scare
[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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Employee Pay Want
The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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Goal Helping People
Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life – like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.
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Careers Sharks White
When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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Giving Marketer Way

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