Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.
Starting isn__ like that. Starting something is not an event; it__ a series of events. You decide to walk to Cleveland. So you take a first step in the right direction. That__ starting. You spend the rest of the day walking toward Cleveland, one step at a time, picking your feet up and putting them down. At the end of the day, twenty miles later, you stop at a hotel. And what happens the next morning? Either you quit the project or you start again, walking to Cleveland. In fact, every step is a new beginning. Sure, you__e closer than you were yesterday or last week, but you__e still...
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Starting isn__ like that. Starting something is not an event; it__ a series of events. You decide to walk to Cleveland. So you take a first step in the right direction. That__ starting. You spend the rest of the day walking toward Cleveland, one step at a time, picking your feet up and putting them down. At the end of the day, twenty miles later, you stop at a hotel. And what happens the next morning? Either you quit the project or you start again, walking to Cleveland. In fact, every step is a new beginning. Sure, you__e closer than you were yesterday or last week, but you__e still...
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