{"id":8041,"date":"2013-06-21T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T13:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2013-06-01T12:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T19:11:12","slug":"talebian-wisdom-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=8041","title":{"rendered":"Talebian Wisdom 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=8044\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1360342097&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.845&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8467\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8044\" title=\"IMG_8467\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?resize=250%2C187&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_8467.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;The opposite of success isn&#8217;t failure; 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