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The Counterintuitive Way to Build Resilience and Achieve Long-Term Success
By Neil Pasricha — 2019
There are times when quantity matters more than quality.
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.