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Mar 2017
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Procrastination is B.S.

Rob Dial
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Episode 242 - People always want to know how to stop procrastinating. The truth is procrastination is a fancy word for not caring. If you care about something enough, you will not procrastinate. You will get it done, it is that simple. 
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