Episode 490 - Asking the wrong questions

The Extraordinary Business Book Club by Alison Jones

Apr 27, 202643:52Business

'...The very human tendency to focus on the thing that we think is the problem but isn't actually the thing that needs our attention.' In writing, as in life and work, we often focus on the question that looks obvious: H...

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