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Episode 244: You Have to Be a Stag

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: You are who you choose to be.

This week Dan and Merlin talk about making buying decisions, dealing with unsolicited email, preventing stupid from sticking to you, and finding systems that may or may not work.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:01.0

Good morning, sir.

0:03.4

How are you today?

0:04.4

Good.

0:05.4

I'm still waking up a little bit.

0:06.4

Yeah.

0:07.4

Yeah.

0:08.4

How do I crazy?

0:09.4

What happened?

0:10.4

Like a bachelor bachelor party?

0:11.4

I'm married, Dan.

0:12.4

Oh.

0:13.4

But you can go to a bachelor party.

0:15.2

Nope.

0:16.2

Nope.

0:17.2

Only people who can go to a bachelor parties are bachelor's.

0:18.2

Little known wildlife fact.

0:20.2

In order to go to a stag party, you have to be a stag.

0:23.2

It's called steering.

0:26.2

Steering committee.

0:27.2

Blue ribbon panel.

0:29.2

Ooh.

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