Hiroshi Mikitani
Founder, chairman and chief executive of Rakuten
The key to success is not perfection. It’s knowing yourself.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Taking time every day to read the Bible.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2021 source ↗
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Oh, I am not thinking about that yet.
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