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IS “SUCCESS” REALLY WHAT YOU THINK IT IS?

Why Do You Want to Be Successful?

Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Miami, Florida—April 8, 2011, 11:55 a.m.

The instructions were very clear on the invitation: the cruise ship would set sail at noon on Friday. If I missed it . . . well, I would miss the whole trip.

I was determined to beat my internal time clock. I’m half Indian (from India), and for those who don’t know, following “Indian standard time” means showing up a minimum of an hour late, sometimes two. Thankfully my other half is Japanese, and “Japanese standard time” ...

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