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Jun 2016
12m 17s

Complaining is Not a Strategy

Rob Dial
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Episode 127 - Every time you complain to take a step away from your goals. Complaining has no value. Complaining is a cancer that eats you from the inside and it is completely self inflicted. In this episode I talk about the CEO Amazon and his thoughts on complaining. 
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