"Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position."
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"You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck.“
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