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Episode description
What’s a Hobbit? Wolves have meetings? Does Gandalf actually do REAL magic? Oh and Jonathan talks about the BEST PRODUCT HE’S EVER USED. Jake and Jonathan have an email-off! Find out why adding friction and asking your customers to work is actually a good thing. Finally, buy a book that Jonathan recommends even though he hasn’t read it yet!
Links- Book: The Hobbit
- LG UltraFine 4K Display
- Superhuman
- Consider.co
- EO Network
- Book: Overdeliver: Build a Business for a Lifetime Playing the Long Game in Direct Response Marketing
- Book: Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World
- Book: Sprint by Jake Knapp
- Book: Make Time by Jake Knapp
- AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass: ajsmart.com/masterclass 🥇😯
- Rate the show on Apple Podcasts
- Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: @jakek
- Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: @jicecream
- Follow AJ&Smart on Instagram or Twitter: @ajsmartdesign
- Write into the podcast: pbc@ajsmart.com
- Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: PodcastTech.com
- Show notes by @amrkhalifeh
- Follow the podcast on Medium