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title: "4 Pain Driven Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“What advice would you give to a smart, driven college student about to enter the “real world”? What advice should they ignore?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-advice-would-you-give-to-a-smart-driven-college-student-about-to-7/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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> [“Most people are driven by fear or by avoidance of pain. Only a few are driven by the benefits.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-kohlrieser/most-people-are-driven-by-fear-or-by-avoidance-of-pain-only-a-few-are/)

[George Kohlrieser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-kohlrieser/)

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> [“Most people in a negotiation are driven by fear or by the desire to avoid pain. Too few are driven by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-voss/most-people-in-a-negotiation-are-driven-by-fear-or-by-the-desire-to/)

[Chris Voss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-voss/)

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> [“The pain had driven him out of his mind. You could see it on his face. If that guy came back, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-pain-had-driven-him-out-of-his-mind-you-could-see-it-on-his-face/)

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

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