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Go Forward or Go Back, There is No Other Choice

November 19, 2018 pwm1

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Business is like rowing a boat upstream. You have no choice; you must go forward or you will go back.

Clutha river

— Lewis E. Pierson (Photo of Clutha River, New Zealand; licensed)

…but the view along the way can be spectacular! That is also under your control more than you think.

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