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Gilbert K. Chesterton

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

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The author suggests that success came from carefully considering expert advice but choosing to act in a completely different way. This implies that simply following popular wisdom is not always the best path, and sometimes success requires independent thinking and unconventional actions.

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