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Podcast: Startups For the Rest of Us
Episode: Episode 818 | What Does It Take to Be Successful? with Russ Walling
Description: Is perfectionism quietly sabotaging your career or startup dreams?
In this episode, Rob Walling talks with his brother, Russ Walling, about the mindset and habits that shape long-term success from overcoming perfectionism to building resilience and learning to make tough calls without all the answers.
They discuss how growing up with a shared emphasis on hard work, sports, and achievement created both strengths and struggles and how lessons learned in construction, poker, and entrepreneurship still apply to building great companies today.
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