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Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 559 with David Burcas.

David is going to share how you can motivate and inspire by picking a fight,

and I hope you're doing well in this global fight against the coronavirus, staying safe and staying well, and if you're not so

well, our thoughts and prayers are with you, and keeping mentally sharp and mentally healthy

with the challenges associated with

quarantine etc. So keep up the good fight and David's got some pro tips for helping us

with all kinds of fights and finding the inspiration and purpose underneath

them. You'll learn one, the three kinds of fights that inspire. Two, a simple trick to greatly

boost motivation and efficiency and three, the secret to getting along with co-workers you dislike.

So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items we've referenced,

click tap expand your podcast at's episode notes or description to view that and if it's not quite

clickable tap a look some aren't bummer you just go to awesome at your job dot com slash F-559 to see those resources in that place.

And if you want summary wisdom and insight from David and the guests who've gone before

him check out the gold nuggets.

These provide quick two to three minute reads for some of the big messages that each of the guests shares in a bite-sized email and access to the vault of every gold nugget that's pretty handy

Now here's David Story.

One of the world's leading business thinkers, David Burcas' forward thinking ideas and best

selling books are changing how companies approach innovation, collaboration, and

leadership. As a skilled researcher and inspiring communicator,

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