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Hey friend, 👋
How’s your week been?
What’ve you read?
What’ve you written?
Tell me in the comments.
Here’s my favourite Note from the past week, and I believe it wholeheartedly:
Oh, did you catch my free webinar?
If not, I’ve gotcha - you can watch the full replay here:
And if you have any questions about it afterwards, don’t be afraid to DM me.
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Thanks for being here this morning, friend! ☕
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Have an amazing weekend! ⌛
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Thank you, David!
Loved the webinar David and have a question but cannot work out how to DM you.
In fact - that is my question. You mentioned a little button in the right hand corner (see how carefully I listen ) :-) to enable you to DM someone but..I can’t find it. :-(
Hence my reason for posting here.
Thanks for putting up with me and “Happy Saturday Everyone.”