{"id":364,"date":"2018-06-05T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-06-05T14:08:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:08:57","slug":"nothing-else-but-only-only-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/05\/nothing-else-but-only-only-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing else but ONLY only matters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PM<\/strong> Musings:<\/p>\n<p>In the perennial quest to conform and comply, and trying to beat everyone else doing the same, we happily concede defeat and give up on blazing our own trails. Running the &#8216; <strong>also ran<\/strong> &#8216; race. You might be doing okay by normal standards, but you still feel restless, bored, and limited. True success is playing by your own rules, creating work that no one can replicate. Trying to be the best will limit you to someone else&#8217;s definition of success. <strong>Don\u2019t be the best, be the only<\/strong>. <strong>Only is much better than being the best<\/strong>. Whether you are Mark or Taylor, tailor your own mark. Make <strong>competition<\/strong> irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>Give into ONLYNESS. It&#8217;s next to GODLINESS!<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>www.groupisd.com\/story<\/p>\n<p>www.brandknewmag.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Musings: In the perennial quest to conform and comply, and trying to beat everyone else doing the same, we happily concede defeat and give up on blazing our own trails. Running the &#8216; also ran &#8216; race. You might be doing okay by normal standards, but you still feel restless, bored, and limited. 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