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Episode 130: Cobb Salad Lawyer

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2013

⏱️ 88 minutes

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TOPIC: Delays

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about delays, agency, power, and why yelling at people about your problems rarely helps anyone.

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0:00.0

permit me to provide a couple of ideas.

0:04.0

Oh, now, in my recollection, I didn't go to a fancy law school.

0:08.8

A cop shallot does not have any constituents or the groups.

0:12.7

No crotons.

0:13.8

That, that, that agrees with the deposition that we took a little earlier.

0:17.6

Oh.

0:19.4

Hello.

0:19.9

Hey, I'm early.

0:21.4

Hey, dad, how are you doing?

0:23.1

Yeah.

0:23.9

I need to sleep.

0:24.8

I'm so tired.

0:25.4

Oh my god.

0:26.8

Really?

0:27.4

Oh, man, it's bad.

0:28.8

Is this live?

0:29.8

We are live.

0:30.8

Yeah.

0:31.8

Um, hi.

0:32.8

Hey, did you, um, did you mention that you were, uh, tell me if I can say this, but did

0:39.7

you mention you were out kind of late last night?

0:41.6

I was out until three.

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