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The top salesperson in the organization probably missed more sales than 90% of the sales people on the team, but they also… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
The returns we read about in the industry sales literature vastly diminish when we move from the theoretical world of market indexes… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
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