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Screw It, Let’s Do It
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Learn the secrets of a global icon.

Throughout my life I have strived for success – as a businessman, in my adventures, as an author and a proud father and husband. I want to share the many truths I’ve learned along the road to success which have helped me to be the best I can. They include:

Have faith in yourself
Believe that anything can be done
Don’t let other people put you off
Never give up

 

Learn these and other simple truths, and I hope you will be inspired to get the most out of your life and to achieve your goals. People will try to talk you out of ideas and say, ‘It can’t be done,’ but if you have faith in yourself you’ll find you can achieve almost anything.

AN ORION EBOOK
First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Orion.
This eBook first published in 2009 by Orion Books.
Copyright © Maeve Binchy 2006
Copyright © Maeve Binchy 2007
The rights of Maeve Binchy to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the copyright, designs and patents act 1988.
All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published without a similar condition, including this condition, being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 9781409130383
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