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Aug 2024
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234. The Real Cost of Mediocrity

PATRICK LENCIONI
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The opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.  This week, Pat and the team discuss the causes of mediocrity, and why it comes with costs beyond the financial.  

 

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