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190. Let's Talk About your Last 50 Worki...

Laura Thornton, Interior Designer
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Send us Fan Mail Everyone tells you there are a hundred days left in the year. There are eighty eight, and only forty nine of them are working days that can still change anything. That is not a scare tactic. Forty nine is a number you can plan around. A hundred is a number you can hide behind. In this episode Laura walks through the three numbers to pull bef ... Show More
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