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Episode 147: Five-Dollar Murray

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2013

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Perfectionism and Procrastination

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about why the classic meanings of perfectionism mostly miss the mark; it's less about being scared to finish and more about being terrified to start.

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0:00.0

No more, no more.

0:02.8

Hey, how are you?

0:04.1

Good morning.

0:06.4

Good morning.

0:06.8

How's everything?

0:08.2

You know, way up there.

0:10.1

Way up here.

0:11.4

Yeah.

0:12.5

You, um, you have a mental model for geography that intrigues me.

0:17.8

Well, you're north of, uh, you're north of Austin.

0:21.0

But I think I'm more significantly out here, aren't I?

0:23.9

Up, up and out.

0:25.4

Uh-huh.

0:26.0

Up way up, way out.

0:27.8

Yep.

0:29.0

Get off your high.

0:30.0

Like if I were to look up, you know, that's where you're

0:33.0

ivory thrown is.

0:35.2

Hmm.

0:35.7

They're tower, whatever.

0:37.6

Yeah, say no tower, buddy.

0:39.9

Uh, I think I'm at a pretty reasonable, uh, elevation.

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