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Roderick on the Line

Ep. 280: "A Sensible Hat"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Johnroderick, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Thelongwinters, Merlinmann

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Is this what life is like?

The Problem: It’s not on-brand.


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0:00.0

Hi, Merlin.

0:06.3

How's it going?

0:08.0

Good.

0:08.7

Good.

0:09.8

I mean, it's early.

0:11.7

Well, yeah, yeah.

0:14.4

Yeah.

0:15.9

It is.

0:16.5

I've been doing better with my sleep, and I've had a productive morning.

0:22.2

Listen to you, you sound so like, so, uh, productive.

0:27.2

Productive.

0:28.7

It doesn't take that much.

0:30.0

I've always said my family has a low threshold for celebration.

0:33.2

Yeah.

0:33.8

You know, it doesn't take much to... I'm an eternal prospective optimist.

0:39.5

Yeah, we have a high threshold for celebration here at Shea Roderick.

0:44.5

Really?

0:45.1

And it's not necessary that it be that way.

0:48.0

Mm-hmm.

0:48.8

I should let a little bit more...

0:52.0

I should let the balloons in. I should let the streamers in.

0:57.6

But, you know, they're knocking at the door. Streamers are ringing the bell. And I'm like,

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