A Quote by Peter Thiel
The most successful businesses have an idea for the future that's very different from the present.
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Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.
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Now time has a very different look; it is no longer the conquering present capturing the future; it is the present conquered and captured and carried off by the past.
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