Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recou…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act - if you can't control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word.
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