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Feb 2016
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Ep 82 - How Hard Are You Really Working?

Rob Dial
About this episode
Are we really working hard towards our goals every day or are we just showing up? If we want to put our 10,000 hours into something, or at least improve at it, we must show up, work hard and push ourselves out of our comfort zones. In this episode I speak about this and offer a challenge to you at the end. 
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