Dave Mercer talks for a living. A lot. On a lot of different platforms and channels. So when I saw an opportunity to speak with him at Lake Hartwell, I asked him to talk some more.
“I live and breathe this,” he told me, but unfortunately he also had various coughing fits throughout our chat that almost ended that breathing. He muscled through until the end. Enjoy his wisdom.
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