Leonardo Da VinciIt had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
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George Bernard Shaw said, “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” People who are successful are not passive, they go out into the world and do things that eventually lead to success. They are proactive instead of reactive.
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