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Safe thinking won’t change the world, but diverse thinking can.
El pensamiento seguro no cambiará el mundo, pero el pensamiento diverso sí. Piense en el impacto de inventos como el iPod o el teléfono inteligente. Se generaron grandes ideas como esasde equipos dispuestos a desafiar el status quo, a intentar cosas que no se han probado y tal vez incluso a fracasar antes de tener un gran éxito.
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