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    Tim Fargo
    “Perhaps success is best defined as maximizing the ratio of your rear wheel horsepower to your engine horsepower. Higher %, happier times.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: potential, simplicity, success
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    Tim Fargo
    “Want to go really fast? Slow down and focus.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: efficiency, focus, success
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    Tim Fargo
    “You don't get any points in life for doing things the hard way.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: optimize, simplicity, success
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    Tim Fargo
    “Doing something wrong repeatedly does not make it right.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: error, repetition, right, wrong
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    Tim Fargo
    “I never drank from the fountain of knowledge, I had mine on the rocks.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: challenges, difficulty, education, knowledge, wisdom
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    Tim Fargo
    “According to Google statistics, people search the word "money" four times as often as the word "goal". This creates a word: "frustration".”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: acheivement, frustration, goal, money, motivational, motivational-quotes, rich
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    Tim Fargo
    “Ignore failure. Try anew until you succeed.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: determination, effort, failure, motivation, succeeding, success, winning
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    Tim Fargo
    “Let's dispel a little myth. Working hard is NOT the key to success. It may be an ingredient, but it isn't the main one.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: money, success, wealth, winning, work
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    Tim Fargo
    “Leaders don't need a path. They make one.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: leadership, motivation, opportunity, opportunity-knocks, success
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    Tim Fargo
    “Never forget the value of time. You can acquire much in life. By comparison, time is fixed. Use it wisely.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: leadership, priorities, success, time
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    Tim Fargo
    “When someone says you can't, look at where they are sitting. Perhaps they meant they can't.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: independence, motivation, perspective, success
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    Tim Fargo
    “At a trade show, someone said, "You'll get in trouble for that." I replied,"Are they going to call the trade show police?”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: independence, rebellion, success, winning
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    Christian A. Dumais
    “So here I am with this double life, one where my grammatically incorrect writing is a nice success with tens of thousands of readers, and another one where my carefully written books are read by a dozen people.”
    ― Christian A. Dumais
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    Tim Fargo
    “Too many decisions are made based on satisfying ego.”
    ― Tim Fargo, Alphabet Success - Keeping it Simple
    tags: decisions, ego, value
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    Tim Fargo
    “Compromise is a sign you'll pass on the road to mediocrity.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: compromise, mediocrity, success, tenacity, win, winning
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    Tim Fargo
    “How you try is more important than how hard you try.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: achievement, efficiency, success, tactics, victory, winning
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    Tim Fargo
    “Forget seizing the moment. Seize the opportunity.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: achievement, carpe-diem, carpe-diem-inspirational, failure, opportunity, success, winning
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    “If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.”
    ― Tom Peters
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    “The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.”
    ― Tom peters
    tags: positive-influence, productivity
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    “There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity”
    ― Tom Peters
    tags: integrity
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    Tim Fargo
    “No controversy, no PR.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: attention, controversial, controversy, marketing, pr, provocative, provoke, public-relations
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    Tim Fargo
    “If we spark a student's passion, we unleash a powerful force upon the world.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: change, change-the-world, educate, inspire, learning, passion, passionate, school, schooling, teaching
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    Tim Fargo
    “We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: boundaries, compliance, educate, education, excellence, knowledge, learning, obedience, school, success, successful, teacher, teaching, thinking
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    Tim Fargo
    “Don't underestimate the power of being underestimated.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: perception, perceptions, power, powerful, reality, self-awareness, self-esteem, underestimate, underestimated, winning, winning-mentality
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    Tim Fargo
    “People tell you that you cannot, because they do not.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: cannot, defiance, defy, just-do-it, negative, positive, positive-thinking, success, win, winning
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    Tim Fargo
    “It is never wise to run any race but your own.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: focus, goal-setting, goals, priorities, reflection, running, success, success-coaching, think, winning, wisdom, wise
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    John Steinbeck
    “There would come a time in our poverty when we needed a party.”
    ― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez
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    Tim Fargo
    “Leadership is service, not position.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: giving, influence, influential, leader, leaders, leadership, management, management-and-leadership, position, service
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    Tim Fargo
    “Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: coach, coaching, efficiency, effort, effortless, result, results, simplicity, success, successful, successful-living, technique
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    Tim Fargo
    “Progress and motion are not synonymous.”
    ― Tim Fargo
    tags: achieve, achievement, achiever, achievers, activity, effective, effective-leadership, effectiveness, efficiency, efficiently, motion, movement, progress, results, success, win, winning
    11 likes



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