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Episode 198: Gardening Leave

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2014

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Time to reboot.

This week, Dan and Merlin respond to a note from Listener Tim on how to stay busy and active during his garden leave. The Boys encourage him to experiment with the personal rebooting that's almost impossible to do when you're stuck at an official jobby-job.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Good morning, sir.

0:04.0

Good morning.

0:06.0

How are you?

0:07.0

How are you?

0:08.0

Good.

0:09.0

I'm still getting situated here.

0:10.0

Happy Thanksgiving.

0:11.0

Uh, thank you.

0:13.0

Belated.

0:14.0

Belated.

0:15.0

Belated.

0:16.0

Belated.

0:17.0

Happy birthday.

0:18.0

Happy Thanksgiving.

0:19.0

Is it weird to sending emails?

0:21.0

I'm tooting.

0:22.0

I'm almost ready.

0:23.0

Yeah.

0:24.0

I have a coffee.

0:25.0

I had an espresso and now I'm having an auxiliary coffee.

0:27.0

Oh my gosh.

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