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Sep 2016
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Ep 42: Life's too short to waste on bad ...

Anne Bogel
About this episode
Today we fellow podcaster Erik Fisher to the show! Erik is known as the productivity guru because of his wonderful podcast Beyond the To Do List, the first podcast Anne ever listened to, AND the first podcast she ever appeared on!  Erik is a HUGE reader, and in this episode we talk about how he’s made the switch back to paper books after a flirtation with e- ... Show More
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