"Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.“


-Margaret J. Wheatley

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Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

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