Episode 11: Johnny Heuristic
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2011
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Merlin Mann joins Dan Benjamin to talk about futureproofing your passion by finding your obsession and voice, putting away your buggy whip and evolving, spreading your chips out across safe and risky investments, and taking smarter chances.
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| 0:00.0 | Pe-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee-wee. |
| 0:06.2 | Can I tell you one thing I'm thinking about trying? |
| 0:08.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:09.8 | Yeah, something I learned from my ex-father-in-law. |
| 0:13.0 | Every time you ask him anything, he doesn't say anything for a really long time. |
| 0:18.2 | He doesn't even know at his head. |
| 0:20.6 | He just kind of looks at something that's not you and it's terrifying. |
| 0:25.9 | So go ahead and ask me something. |
| 0:29.9 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:33.7 | Pfft. |
| 0:38.4 | Very dramatic. |
| 0:39.7 | Yeah, like that. |
| 0:40.5 | That's pretty good, huh? |
| 0:41.4 | I've tried to do that with clients, |
| 0:42.3 | and then I ended up laughing. |
| 0:43.7 | So, how you doing? |
| 0:47.0 | How's it going? |
| 0:48.1 | How's it going? |
| 0:49.0 | You've been busy, sorry, my tea is maturating. |
| 0:52.4 | You've been really busy with all your stuff. |
| 0:54.6 | You had your five hour. |
| 0:56.5 | Oh, what a nightmare. |
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