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Burn the boats.

Burn the boats.

Take the island.

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Adam Griffin
May 18, 2020
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If you want to take the island, burn the freaking boats!

I heard this quote recently, and I haven’t been able to shake it from my head since. It’s a single sentence that perfectly captures the reason for so many of our failed endeavors. We want to take the island, but we leave the boats in harbor just in case plan A doesn’t work out. The problem? We figh…

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