Episode 107: Pull Out Your Dingus

Back to Work

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2013

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Compression

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about compression. What happens when we don't account for how long something really takes to do? And, worse still, what if we don't think about what has to happen before we can even start it?

If you find you're stressed-out, over-scheduled, under-resourced—and not particularly loving the things you're making—there's a pretty good chance you've become a victim of your own compression.

Acknowledge and understand the problem, and then learn how to avoid the classic pitfalls by falling in love with your calendar all over again.

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0:00.0	No, I'm not interested in a dull entertainment.
0:03.4	Everything's good. It's all, it's, it's literally all good.
0:06.4	Are you gonna be all right or what?
0:08.0	Yeah, no, I'm great. I, uh, I'm trying really hard to do a thing that I think is important,
0:14.3	which is when, when people, I think we need, I think we've talked about this a little bit.
0:18.2	I think we need to really focus on getting back to please.
0:22.4	Thank you and you're welcome, not merely out of good manners and etiquette,
0:27.2	but because I think we should say the right words for things.
0:29.8	Okay.
0:31.2	So like if somebody gives you something, you don't say shock abroad.
0:34.4	You say, thank you.
0:36.4	And then when somebody says, thank you, you should really avoid saying no problem.
0:42.8	Or it's all good.
0:44.6	Why not? It's all good.
0:46.1	It's all good. It's all good.
0:46.8	It's two thousand, three thousand, thirteen for punch me in the face.
0:48.9	I know. I definitely like the, it's all good, but what, what's wrong with no problem?
0:54.6	Or not a problem.
0:57.2	No, you say you're welcome like a gentleman.
0:59.0	Don't you think?
1:00.2	Okay. Okay. How about this?
1:01.6	You say to your way, Tron, you say, um, for example, could you please bring me
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