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Attention Quote by Adam Grant

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“Focus attention and energy on making a difference in the lives of others, and success might follow as a by-product.”

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It appears to me that one great cause of our difference in opinion on subjects which we often discuss is that you have always…

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

Henry David Thoreau

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