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Richard St. John: Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

http://www.ted.com Why do people succeed? Is it because theyre smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow ...  
 
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Xterio (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Presentation on acid ftw.
love4mimi (5 days ago) Show Hide
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good but not enough to success
it's all ads

thanx
shabbarsuterwala (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Excellent video.. awesome 8 tips to success
Kiwichico (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I don't think it is as simple as that. If your environment tells you that you can't succeed in life. Then nine times out of ten you won't.
BJJHomos (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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What an AWESOME 3 minutes. Thank you so much for publishing this! The man was funny and dead on....
yanipheonu (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I thought this was self-evident, but hey.

YOU NEED HARD WORK, PERSISTENCE AND SO ON TO SUCCEED. CALL THE PRESSES, WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT TO THE WORLD.

Nah, I kid, it's good advice. Just... obvious advise.
markimark202 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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frolic means to have fun. So a worka-frolic is has fun doing there work.
draaco355 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Work-a-frolics means people that have tons of fun that are working. It's not a real word. It's just a joke.
7HITM (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Thanks draaco
retrohead02 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Haha indeed a great talk! He said Work-a-frolics btw ;)

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