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May 30, 2017·1 min read

But isn’t internal pressure what bursts a pipe, while external pressure makes a diamond?

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Author of “The Wabi-Sabi Way” and “Be, Think, Do”. Subscribe to my newsletter “Woolgathering”: https://goo.gl/UhzUYL.

Internal, not external, pressure is what makes you successful. Increasing the pressure is what keeps you going.

How To Go From Successful To Very Successful (And Why Most People Can’t Do It)
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