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The Trailblazer

The trailblazer — you go first, build the market, and aim it at a bigger purpose.

You'd rather build the road than wait for one.

You don't wait for permission or a proven path — you make one. There's a frontier instinct in you: spot the opening, go first, build the thing that pays while it moves something forward. Risk doesn't scare you the way it scares others, because standing still scares you more. People will follow the trail you cut. Keep one eye on the purpose underneath the venture; that's the thing that'll make the road worth building.

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