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THE ENEMY THAT GROWS STRONGER BY THE DAY
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
—Warren Buffett
THEY’RE COMING AT YOU from all directions. They’re growing, they’re getting stronger, and if you don’t avoid them or fend them off, you will fail.
Distractions. It’s like you’re at the Grand Bazaar with a thousand vendors yelling at you, pulling at you, enticing you with their wares. And it’s never-ending.
DON’T CONFUSE DISTRACTIONS WITH DISTRACTIBILITY
Distractions don’t torpedo strategy execution; distractibility does. Much like the distinction engineers make between stress and strain—stress is the force applied to an object; strain is the response ...
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