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May 2019
5m 37s

Escape Competition Through Authenticity

Naval
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Competition can make you play the wrong game. No one can compete with you on being you.

• Competition will trap you in a lesser game 0:00

• No one can compete with you on being you 1:27

• In entrepreneurship, the masses are never right 2:40

• Combine your vocation and avocation 3:45

Transcript: http://nav.al/competition-authenticity

 

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