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David Murdock: ‘Failure is a great teacher’

From humble beginnings cleaning chicken coops and sleeping in a park to a billionaire four times over, David H. Murdock shared secrets of his success with students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Be determined.

Take time to think.

Shine your shoes.

“It was excellent,” student Ryan McCulloch said after Murdock’s lecture. “It’s a philosophy from a different generation.”

Murdock delivered a mix of motivation and old-fashioned advice, saying “negative thoughts defeat you” and “proper grooming matters.”

Murdock said he’s never learned to use a computer, doesn’t have a cell phone and has made plenty of mistakes in his life.

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