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What is Big Enough About?

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September 14, 2020

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By: Lee LeFever

I write books and run a company called Common Craft. I recently moved from Seattle to a rural island. Here, I write about online business, book publishing, modern home construction, and occasionally, dumb jokes.

On the day before BIG ENOUGH launched, I recorded this video to explain what the book is about, who it’s for and what I think readers will take from it.

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