Doing the work worth doing is a wonderful thing.
That's what I'll write about today—how doing work that makes you better as a result of the work, not because of any results you might get from it, is worth doing.
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Jonathan Goodman is the creator of the Personal Trainer Development Center and host of the popular Obvious Choice podcast, a top show for coaches, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Jon’s been featured in most major business and fitness publications including Men’s Health, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Robb Report, Inc., and many more. Over 200,000 coaches and small business owners in more than 120 countries have purchased business development materials from him.
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Timestamps
0:00 Discover work worth doing in an AI world
1:52 Choose your hard
3:02 Your good work that matters is all that matters
4:45 The work worth doing tests
8:35 The exhaustion is satisfying
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