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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

— Randy Pausch

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You obviously don't know where the bar should be, and you're only going to do a disservice by putting it anywhere.

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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "tell the truth." If I got three more words, I'd add: "All the time."

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Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

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Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

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You get people to help you by telling the truth; by being earnest. I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

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