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More information, go to cooker.co.ukukukk.ukk.uk. Um, interesting, the last few podcasts have really changed my mind about many things in the world and kind of gave

me more understanding of how humans are actually and and also how things are in the world.

We had Peter Franco Pan who discussed his book, The New Silk Roads, and that's really relevant with everything

that's going on in Afghanistan at the moment. And we'll store the status game again about how

humans operate and just really did change my mind. And what's been great about these last few

podcasts, I hope you agree, is I finish. And then for days after, I'm still thinking about

them. And they both changed my mind a lot about the way I perceive the world. Anyway, today's

Lovejoy, I'll hopefully all do the same thing. I'm curious about work relationships and it's taught me

through this. I'm talking to Andy LaPatta, who is a specialist in professional relationships

in networking for over 20 years.

And it's written a book all about it called Just Ask. Let's meet him. Here's Andy.

Hello, Andy. How are you? I'm very well, thanks, Tim. Good. I think we should start by you

telling us a bit about yourself and, you know,

how you came to write this book. But start by telling us what you actually do for a job.

Sounds fascinating.

It's always one thing I find hard to describe, despite teaching others how to do it.

I specialize in helping people harness the power of their professional relationships. So

effectively, whatever you're trying to achieve, whether someone's running their own business,

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