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How to Go Big, Achieve Success, and Impact the World
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66 million years ago, life on earth was a little different. These were the waning days of the Cretaceous Period, hot and humid, when much of the world’s current land mass was still submerged under massive oceans. Our first maples, oaks, and beeches were just starting to emerge, and the earth was still dinosaur dominated; but their reign was not to last!
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