Emily DickinsonImpossibility, like wine Exhilarates the man Who tastes it; PossibilityIs flavoreless.
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In the world of business, there’s a lot of talk about the difference between “impossibility” and “possibility.” In many cases, businesspeople use these terms as a way to show that whatever it is they’re talking about is impossible. They want to say, “No one can do this” or “The only way to make this happen is if you go out and hire ten people.” But Nelson Mandela was not a businessman. He was a man who knew about the importance of possibility, not impossibility. And he knew that for someone else to succeed, it doesn’t have to be impossible. In fact, as he put it in his own words:
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