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Quote of the week
In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity, because if they don’t have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you. — Warren Buffett
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Great Quote – I trust Warren Buffet on these life lessons.
It is a great quote. Buffett has two t(s) in his last name. Two f(s), two t(s).
Maybe this is the right reason that makes hypocrisy people didn’t get hired? :)
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Also, there’s no such thing as a temporary lapse of integrity.