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Why You Should Bring in the Bees to Deal With Your Elephants

A lean approach to juggling tasks

Photo by Bisakha Datta on Unsplash

Jones Loflin
Wed, 02/26/2025 - 12:01
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I had just finished a keynote presentation and was at the book table set up by the client. Participants were invited to pick up one or more of my books, and the company would pay for them.

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