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> [Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/deciding-what-not-to-do-is-as-important-as-deciding-what-to-do/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [“One of Job's great strengths was knowing how to focus. " Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/one-of-job-s-great-strengths-was-knowing-how-to-focus-deciding-what/)

[Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/)

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> [Deciding what to be is more important than deciding what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/deciding-what-to-be-is-more-important-than-deciding-what-to-do/)

[John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/)

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> [Human life is purely a matter of deciding what's important to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/human-life-is-purely-a-matter-of-deciding-what-s-important-to-you/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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