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Interview for The Skyward Spiral Podcast

I want to invite you to listen to the interview I’ve done for the Skyward Spriral podcast. If you’re looking to listen to learn more about Scrum and some of the principles that I teach within the Monthly Method, definitely check out the interview. I had a lot of fun talking to David. And we had some really good discussions about productivity, burnout, conventional productivity myths and what you can do instead.

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