Hello, world.

Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, number 596.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their

talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development

who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along

their journeys. I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Frank Cottle. Welcome, Frank.

Thank you very much. A few words about Frank. Frank Cottle is CEO of Alliance Virtual

Offices and chairman of the Alliance Business Center's network. He's a recognized expert on

flexible working, the virtual office movement, and third place working. Prior to creating the

alliance brand, Frank successfully operated his own portfolio of business centers in multiple

locations across North America. He spent almost the past 30 years delivering business

services that are finally tuned to the workplace needs of startups, entrepreneurs, and growing SMBs.

Over the years, he's worked with tens of thousands of business owners and coupled with a unique

global management perspective, has become the go-to authority on flexible and remote work.

Well, Frank, today's topic is a creative workplace for a creative career. You're a super pro at this.

So tell our listeners why this topic is so important and give us your insights and experiences,

if you would, please. Well, I think everyone thinks of their career going forward, they think of all the things

they'd like to do, particularly as they start out.

And I can't imagine anybody who's shaping their career, their early career, especially,

that really doesn't want to work in a very creative work environment. That's going to have

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