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I’ll tell you the decision that changed my life: It’s the one where I decided I would stop working for free. Not for you, not for anyone.

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We are always told to do something about it and so we feel like every problem is fixed by adding things.

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“You can’t do the biggest things in this world unless you handle men; and you can’t handle men if you’re not in sympathy with them; and sympathy begins in humility.”

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Millions of people want to be in the NBA. But only 500 or so people each year have what it takes to be in the NBA. And you know what? Half those players are on the bench all the time. This is how everything works and odds are that you aren’t talented enough to make it as a writer, a top-tier surgeon or lawyer, entrepreneur, or whatever.