Ep. 566: Do You Ever Think “This Is Not Good; I Could Do This Better?” Plus Accountability Hacks
We talk about why the realization “I could this this task better myself” can help us identify possible opportunities. We also talk about how to give a bad review in a nice way, and share imaginative accountability strategies.
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- Obituary for John Charles Craft
- Take the "Four Tendencies" personality quiz
- Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill
- In Our Time podcast by the BBC
- Elizabeth is reading: Full House by Janet Evanovich (Amazon, Bookshop)
- Gretchen is reading: Possession by A. S. Byatt (Amazon, Bookshop)
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