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What does it mean?
Recognition and fame often arrive only after death.
In plain terms
Fame can come after death.
What can you take from it?
Legacy takes time.

Where it applies

  • art
  • politics

Putting it to work

  • focus on work

Questions to consider

  • When does fame happen?

Another view

Some famous alive.

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