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Back to Work

Episode 24: The Daddy for your Destiny

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

🗓️ 12 July 2011

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Dan's in a closet, but Merlin has a lot of FU from the last show: good jobs don't get posted on Craigslist and while you may not know what's gonna happen next, you're not just gonna install Xcode and retire on your angry bird so either do your research, get mercantile and take the leap of faith or you'll be polishing your golden handcuffs.

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Our thanks to Flow for supporting 5x5 and back to work.

0:24.4

Hello, Echo.

0:27.4

Hello, Echo.

0:29.4

Fox dry.

0:30.4

Bravo, Charlie golf.

0:31.4

Can I go live?

0:32.4

Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey.

0:34.4

Why do you even ask me that, Dan Benjamin?

0:37.4

Who do I have to blow to help you understand that I am ABC?

0:40.4

A, B.

0:41.4

Always be closing.

0:43.4

I'm having trouble with strong bad.

0:44.4

Strong bad won't let me upload.

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