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Episode 223: Normal is Whatever is There

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2015

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Interstitial time and why you want it back.

This week, after some preliminary discussion of smoking and the children who throw rocks and run track, Dan and Merlin answer questions from listeners.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Oh, hi. How are you?

0:04.0

I'm very well. How's your day?

0:06.0

Today is one of those.

0:08.0

We had to get a special fist-sized rock

0:14.0

for my son to take to class today.

0:18.0

A fist-sized rock.

0:20.0

A fist-sized rock.

0:22.0

What kind of class is that, Dan?

0:24.0

It's a regular school.

0:26.0

It's his last week of school.

0:28.0

I don't know what that was for.

0:30.0

Or why?

0:32.0

We needed that.

0:34.0

But it added an extra.

0:36.0

You know how my routine is in the...

0:38.0

Zero-time tolerance.

0:40.0

Zero-time tolerance.

0:42.0

And also you found out about it on the day.

0:44.0

Today, this morning,

0:46.0

or last night,

0:48.0

it was mentioned and then...

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