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Jan 2025
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#894 - Dan Koe - How To Design Your Life...

Chris Williamson
About this episode

Dan Koe is a writer, entrepreneur, and creator.

Finding your creative spark is one of life’s greatest journeys. So, what are the tips and tricks to help you design a life that maximises your full creative and productive potential?

Expect to learn if there is a delusion of hard work and why more hard work doesn’t make you rich, what the tension between creativity and productivity is, how to design your life for peak creative output, how to figure out what you want in life, how to get over imposter syndrome, the importance of writing as a practise and much more...

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