Episode 219: At Sixes and Sevens

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

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2015

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Jumping Over the Precipice.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about what to be courageous about and when. It's rarely as easy or as simple as it seems.

Links for this episode:

Inside Amy Schumer - Pretentious Hotel - YouTube
At sixes and sevens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To be "at sixes and sevens" is a British English idiom used to describe a state of confusion or disarray.
Axolotl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Cleese on Creativity - YouTube

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, a good morning to you, sir.
0:03.6	Are we off the air?
0:05.1	We're on the air.
0:06.1	Do you want to be off the air?
0:07.1	Well, should we be?
0:08.1	We can be.
0:09.1	Well, we're a minute late.
0:10.9	I just came in at the end of your program and you sound like you're at sixes and sevens.
0:16.4	I'm fine.
0:17.4	What does that mean?
0:18.4	I've got to do eleven all the time.
0:20.0	It's an old-timey phrase.
0:21.0	Are you okay?
0:22.0	I'm cooked.
0:23.0	What's the matter?
0:24.0	I haven't had two cups of coffee in a day.
0:26.0	Oh, that's it?
0:27.0	That's it.
0:28.0	Oh, God.
0:29.0	No.
0:30.0	I thought something happened.
0:31.6	You sound miserable.
	...

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