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If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' you must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.
-Seth Godin
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If You've Got The Platform And The

Seth Godin
If you've got the platform and the ability to make a difference, then this goes beyond 'should' and reaches the level of 'must.' you must make a difference or you squander the opportunity. wasting the opportunity both degrades your own ability to contribute and, more urgently, takes something away from the rest of us.
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