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Some good advice from Steve Blank....


So, my first lesson is – You don’t need to be the smartest person in the room to be the most effective. Being effective means not just mastering the facts but – figuring out how to move your agenda forward.


misdirection is designed to distract you from the truth. Obscuring a fact-based argument with a faith-based one is what demagogues do – in policy and politics.  See through it. Help others to see how this kind of misdirection distorts their perspectives.


when you hear or see something that is too good to be true – follow the money. It’s usually a long and winding road – but eventually you’ll find it.

Change happens when you can educate and inspire others – when you can use facts to create faith in what’s possible.

Graduates, as you set out on your own extraordinary adventures, remember the measure of a life is not time or money. It’s the impact you make serving God, your family, community, and country.
Your report card is whether you leave the world a better place.


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