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Back to Work

Episode 133: I'm Glad Your Computer Died

Back to Work

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2013

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: How many keys do you really need?

This week, Dan and Merlin return to the question, "What do you want ten times more of?" and weigh the risks and benefits of increasing the amount of complexity in your life.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I could help the bejesus out of people.

0:02.7

What happened to you, Dan?

0:04.5

I'm all right.

0:05.5

Are you, are you all right?

0:08.0

Let's see here.

0:08.8

So, Dan, what has happened to the show?

0:10.9

What has happened?

0:11.7

Do you think this is what people took him for

0:13.2

when it's not the show yet?

0:14.3

No, it is the show.

0:15.2

We're on it.

0:16.0

Come on, Dan.

0:17.2

It's the show.

0:20.5

I'm trying a different coffee.

0:23.0

I've only watched the film once

0:25.2

since the last time in this show.

0:26.6

Hey, good for you.

0:27.8

You know what that is?

0:28.7

Evolution.

0:29.7

But before you congratulate me,

0:32.2

I've started rereading the novel.

0:35.8

So, oh, the biography?

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