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Good Obstacle, Bad Obstacle

A taste of Agendashift: Find better obstacles to overcome by learning how to identify the bad ones!

Out now (since the recording was taken)::

• A 2^nd edition of the Agendashift book – see Books

Links – in the order they appear in the presentation:

• Good Obstacle, Bad Obstacle (this page)
• Mike Burrows
• Agendashift as framework
• Ideal, Obstacles, Outcomes (IdOO)
• Examples
• Traps
• Rule of Three
• Takeaways

See also our cheat sheet.

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