Secrecy is for losers. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Most people never realize that 80% of the work is done before you step in a room. That's why they spend their entire lives grasping for magical tactics instead of changing their entire mindset.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Secrecy is for losers.

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