We may well discover that the business failure we avoid and the business success we strive for do not lead us to personal success at all. Most of us have inherited notions of "success" from someone else or have arrived at these notions by facing a seemingly endless line of hurdles extending from grade school through college and into our careers. We constantly judge ourselves against criteria that others have set and rank ourselves against others in their game. Randy Komisar
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We all want to believe that we were born with a silver spoon in our mouth. We are all born with the same amount of talent, intelligence, and potential. We are all equal in the eyes of God. If any one of us is exceptional, it must be because of some special talent or something that was done to them by someone else.

We all have work to do to realize our full potential and become the best that we can be. However, it is not up to us alone to reach our full potential but also others around us who help us along the way. Success is not something that you deserve but something that is given to you by those around you, not by yourself.

Source: The Monk And The Riddle: The Education Of A Silicon Valley Entrepreneur

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