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It's about the direction you go in, it's not about, "This direction is the only one that makes a lot of money."

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  1. noun The act or function of directing.
  2. noun Management, supervision, or guidance of an action or operation.
  3. noun The art or action of musical or theatrical directing.
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  1. Middle English, arrangement, from Latin dīrēctiō, dīrēctiōn-, from dīrēctus, past participle of dīrigere, to direct; see direct.

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  1. = French direction = Spanish direccion = Portuguese direcção = Italian direzione = Dutch directie = German direction = Danish Swedish direktion, from Latin directio (n-), a making straight, a straight line, a directing (toward anything), from dirigere, PP. directus, direct: see direct.
 

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/dɪˈrɛkʃən/
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