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Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action
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Awesomely Simple: Essential Business Strategies for Turning Ideas Into Action

by John Spence
September 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
208 pages
3h 53m
English
Jossey-Bass
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4.7. Multiply the Speed of Your Brain

I'm now going to share with you one of the most important ideas in this book. Actually it's the most important thing I've ever learned in my life so far. That's a pretty big claim to make, but here it is: You become what you focus on and become like the people you spend time with.

Whatever you think about, whatever you fill your mind with, whatever you focus on, and whomever you choose to surround yourself with will in large part determine what your life will look like a decade from now. This is true at both the personal and organizational levels. From a business point of view, it is my contention that if you focus intently on the six principles I have laid out in this book, you are spending your time and ...

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