"Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity."

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Source : "How Technology Is Transforming the Wine Industry" by Daniel Burrus, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 9, 2016.

Daniel Burrus

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“Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.”

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“Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into friendship, into creating a new community, into forming relationships based on love and service.”

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