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If you are part or play around of the sect of the majority, you hear words like these: “Keep your feet on the ground." The followers of the majority even well-intentioned try to put you down and bring you into the sect. “Keep your feet on the ground." Your parents, your teachers, your bosses, your colleagues, your friends, and in-laws: “Keep your feet on the ground." They forget the “come to us” and become a zombie as we are. Look. To make an omelette, you need to break some eggs. I don’t know many cases of people that followed the majority and got anywhere interesting or great. And if they are, there you are the exceptions to the rule. ​ You have to expose yourself. You have to try new things. Do, do and do. You have to train. You have to read and write and speak, after you listen – not before. Simply, if you do the opposite of what the sect says, you win. ​ ​ It works. As Isra Bravo says: Feet shouldn’t be on the ground; they should be in the sky. ​ On what ground? ​ ​ Don’t be afraid. Take a look what you can achieve, for example, playing with real estate. Those are my real numbers, real projects…
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