No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.

Brian Tracy
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To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals" is a quote from author Anthony Kiedis, of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. His point is that there are some essential things you must know about life before you’re ready to tackle them. You can’t learn everything on your own. You need someone else’s experience.

This person could be a teacher, mentor, friend or family member. The point is that you have to have some guidance before you can go out into the world and start learning for yourself.

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