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Jan 2017
18m 14s

Stopping and Starting With Success

Harvard Business Review
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Jerry Seinfeld shares his insights into innovation, self-criticism, and how to know when to quit. The U.S. comedian conquered 1990s television with his sitcom and is now finding a new audience for his online talk show, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee." 
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