"The more you give, the more you live."
"Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story."
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Source: Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.27, Random House
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