Dan is joined by Haddie to discuss being original and being copied, the difference between getting burnt out vs losing focus on your goal, loving what you do, finding the joy in the process not just the end result, and Dan reveals secrets about 5by5 and how it all came together.

Links for this episode:

• How to Stay Focused When You Get Bored Working Toward Your Goals — The Blog of James Clear — Medium
  
• Daring Fireball: Markdown
  
• 5by5 | The Pipeline #38: Jeff Atwood
  
• GitHub Flavored Markdown · GitHub Help
  
• Email to Gruber
  
• CommonMark
  
• HabitRPG | Gamify Your Life
  
• 5by5 | Isometric
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