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		edw519 on Feb 26, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joel Spolsky: A new business is like a shortwave r... Think about this statement: "I am willing to do whatever it takes to get what I want." (If anyone is interested, I can point you to the source.) AFAIC, that statement = "all the morale in the world". Do you really think that someone who says and truly believes that statement would ever run out of money?

davidw on Feb 26, 2009 [–]

Sure. Do you think that someone who truly believes that they can fly won't land smack on their face if they jump off a tall building?

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