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you only have to be right one time...though there are a thousand other things you have to do in the meantime.

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you only have to be right one time, but there are about a thousand other things you have to do in the meantime...

there's that seen in The Founder - the story of Ray Kroc & McDonalds...

the one where he's holding a handful of dirt on the foundation of his first location; and he looks out into the ether and says to himself, "just be right one time."

if you've seen the movie, and you have even an ounce of entrepreneur in you, the scene goes straight into the heart of who you are and the promise of all the hard work you’re putting in right now. because we all know just how many other times we’ve been wrong. how many other times we’ve failed. how often we have taken the wrong path for all the right reasons.

YOU only have to be right one time, but there are thousands of other things you must be doing ALL the time that create the environment necessary for that one time, not just to be right, but to be able to see it in the first place.

here are my vital take aways from the movie after my se…

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