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Garrick van Buren joined as a guest with Joshua Wold and Lance Robbins as co-hosts. 

We asked Garrick about how decisions should get made in the workplace, how we can handle async vs synchronous communication, and how a simple backyard game changed how he thought about work. 

Shownotes and links we referenced:

• https://garrickvanburen.com/making-time/
• Rebuilding Blocks: How the Game of Kubb Put My Life Back Together
• https://www.nohello.com/
• Alan Weiss
• Eric Maisel
• But what if we're wrong?
• Chrissie Wellington Ironman
• https://racethewolf.com

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Lance and I talked about Apple's Vision Pro and how it may affect human connection in the remote environment. We also hit on remote work as a potential golden handcuff, our experience at a conference recently, why curiosity has paid off for each of us, and the problem with 360 reviews in the workplace. 

• Apple's Vision Pro
• Remote workers feel trapped
• Value based pricing for designers
• Elevate your tech savviness
• 360 reviews
• Books referenced: Crucial conversions, So Good They Can't Ignore You, Radical Candor

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Jonathan Wold appeared as the first guest on on our show, and we had a lovely time chatting about his background and experience in this world. 

Shownotes

• Shareware Heroes
• Otter.ai
• The Business of Expertise by David Baker
• Mark O’Brian, Newfangled
• You can't handle my undivided attention
• Polytopia
• JonathanWold.com 

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This is our 10th episode, and it's been a lot of fun so far! Our topics this week:

• Upcoming trip to Cloudfest USA
• Running in Austin.
• Stability vs possibility with fractional work
• The state of freelancing in 2023
• Selling when you don't need the sales
• Remote isn't the problem, Elon Musk's moral failure
• Feedback from a listener on forging friendships in business

Shownotes

• OnboardWP for latest Gravity Forms teardown
• Meditation 101
• Freelancing isn't free
• Minnesota and Uber
• Remote isn't the problem
• Elon Musk and remote work

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Our main topic, craving connection in a remote environment, took up most of the episode and we shared our experiences building relationships in an async world. Depending on your podcast player you can jump around between the chapters. Enjoy!

Shownotes:

• Does Lance have office plants?
• We've got email! You can send questions or comments to [email protected]
• Do something helpful and see what happens
• Craving connection
• Deep work time
• Google's taking our staplers

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Topics

• #ask-lance: What do you do?
• Running woes
• Google's leaked memo on open source taking over AI
• Is a fractional a Chief XYZ?
• What's the point of this podcast?
• Checkin on our two businesses
• Ergonomic setups
• After show: Should we keep doing this?

Links we referenced

• Google has no moat
• Steve Wozniak interview
• Lance's diagram on what a fractional is

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Shownotes:

• Almond cow
• FTC pushes to ban Meta from profiting off children’s data
• Secret Tradecraft of Elite Advisors

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Lance is out this week and due to some scheduling changes we weren't able to record like normal. Joshua has a quick update.

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Shownotes:

• State of remote work 2022
• Commercial real estate and return to work
• Joshua's new project: https://onboardwp.io/

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• Lance shares a change in how he is approaching his work
• Joshua dives into advice for young people getting into tech
• Joshua shares about his business as a fractional
• After show: Discussing our go-to meals

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