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If you knew you were not going to fail, what would you try?

Laurence Paquette
Aug 28, 2023
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Laurence Paquette

Aug 28, 2023

I’ll start this off… 😉 if I knew I coulndt not fail, I’d be a writer, a podcast host, a public speaker and a content creator. And on the side I’d write a great dystopian fantasy/sci-fi trilogy…

yes, fear of failure is holding me back! 🙈🙈

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