{"id":21536,"date":"2021-09-23T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destinationimagination.org\/?p=21536"},"modified":"2023-04-14T08:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:46:23","slug":"episode-9-learn-like-a-beginner-with-gail-bower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destinationimagination.org\/blog\/episode-9-learn-like-a-beginner-with-gail-bower\/","title":{"rendered":"S1 Episode 9: Learn Like a Beginner with Gail Bower"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21536\" class=\"elementor elementor-21536\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56ee0c4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56ee0c4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-767cca78\" data-id=\"767cca78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e7332d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e7332d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u201cYou have to learn to be a beginner again. And there\u2019s a lot of creativity in that beginner place, but it\u2019s not very comfortable.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Gail Bower<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week host Michele Tuck-Ponder sits down with Gail Bower, Revenue Strategist with Bower &amp; Company Consulting LLC. 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