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Mar 2017
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Done is Better Than Perfect

Rob Dial
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Episode 250 - There will never be a perfect time. Your project will never be perfect. You will never be perfect. Sometimes you just need to remind yourself that finishing is better than trying to make everything perfect in the end. 
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