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4063: Dangerous Ideas: Getting Started is Overrated by Cal Newport on Meaningful Progress

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0:48Dangerous Ideas.

0:49Getting started is overrated.

0:51By Cal Newport of CalNewport.com.

0:54And I'm Justin Mollick.

0:55Welcome to Optimal Living Daily, O L D or Old for short, the show where I read to you from articles that I think are amazing with permission from the authors.

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