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Maarten van Doorn

Aug 5, 2019

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Why The World Doesn’t Want You to Succeed (and What to do About it)

Truth one:

“Our days are filled with the path to future skills, tasks and commitments that we believe we can’t possibly take on. We’ve seduced ourselves into believing that we’re not born with the talent, or that the…

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