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T H E P R O O F I S I N T H E D O I N G

You need hands-on involvement to understand a business and
the problems you will face. You have to gain experience, and that
only comes from actually doing—and doing often.

FEAR OF FAILURE

Many people are afraid to fail, so they don’t try. They may dream,
talk, and even plan, but they don’t take that critical step of putting
their money and their effort on the line. To succeed in business,
you must take risks. Even if you fail, that’s how you learn. There
has never been, and will never be, an Olympic ice skater who
didn’t fall on the ice. Skaters acquire their skill and master their
moves by doing and falling, not just by watching or talking.

Knowledge requires patience; action requires courage. Put
patience and courage together and you’ll be a winner.
—Donald J. Trump

M A K E I T H A P P E N I N Y O U R L I F E

Find challenges for yourself. Go beyond the ordinary.

• Look for opportunities that have some risk or situations
that have kept others away. Find out why others held off
and see if their fear is still valid. Everything changes, so
deals people wouldn’t touch before may now be viable

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