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		theelous3 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video] Look around you. How many of the prominent people you know got there by listening and humbly soliciting opinions? lol

OutOfHere 4 months ago [–]

Well, if you're out to con people, then yes, you don't have to listen to their opinion, only to shape them, but that never lasts. You cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

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