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Keep Digging


Sometimes we get stuck. The answer hides and the problem persists.

If you have the same problem that you had a year ago you have not yet found the real problem.

Keep digging.

-- doug smith


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  1. David SpiegelMay 29, 2020 at 11:56 AM

    "If you have the same problem that you had a year ago you have not yet found the real problem.".....or maybe it was never a problem and it's time to look at the opportunity!

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