When hard work ≠ results

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Food for thought on a Friday afternoon.

    Food for thought on a Friday afternoon:

    "Working hard is important. But more effort does not necessarily yield more results." - Greg McKeown

    If you're reading this, you're no stranger to hard work. 

    But are your efforts producing the desired results? 

    If so, keep going.

    If not, maybe it's time to re-evaluate what you're putting effort towards.

    Have a great weekend!

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    About Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    Corey helps founder-led agencies scale through Deep Specialization™ and programmatic M&A. Former CMO of Scorpion ($20M to $200M). Author of "Anyone, Not Everyone."

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