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Your plans might not work out, so dont start thinking about what youll do after you succeed. Wait until youve already succeeded, and then you can think about what to do next. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. Tweet This!Dont trust other people to do important things for you. You have to do things yourself to control the quality of the results. Next: Learn 50 more more English proverbs » TweetPlus OneSharePinEmail Welcome to PhraseMix! PhraseMix turns good English speakers into GREAT ones. Get better at English by learning common phrases. We teach you phrases to use in thousands of common situations. 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