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This week I had the opportunity to mentor a couple of future great entrepreneurs. They’ll do fine. They’re doing all the right steps. Including to ask lots of questions to people that have travelled the path they’re trying to walk. You know… that thing of learning of the mistakes of others so that you don’t do the same mistakes. Common sense. Very uncommon those days. There are even people out there that still believe that “they need to make the mistakes themselves to learn (well… I guess)”. Good for them. They will arrive very far. And very quickly to their destination. Which is… no where. One of these entrepreneurs indicated that he had been saying that “I did not start it before because of my two little daughters”. And remember… It’s all about mindset. I precisely moved all-in because of my little son. It all depends on how you look at things. And you, what are you going to use as excuse for not starting something great… just today. Happy Sunday.
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