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Jul 2024
14m 19s

What Do Successful People Do?

Scott Smith - Motivation and Coaching
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What Do Successful People Do? If you study people who have succeeded in any area of their life, you will find they have much in common.  Not only do they follow a set of rules, but they also follow those rules no matter how much life gets in the way. What are those rules? The person who has the strongest "Why" wins. The person who shows up wins. The pe ... Show More
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