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Episode 307: #43 on The Ladder of Kindness

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2017

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Youth is the aberration.

This week, Dan provides updates on his Hackintosh project, which leads to a discussion of finding reviews and advice with context. The hosts realize, acknowledge, and quickly move past their program’s 6th anniversary, spending more time on that drum sound Merlin makes with his mouth.

Recent email pitches are discussed, and advice is offered on smarter ways to pitch strangers on practically anything.

Merlin responds to a question from a listener about learning to find inspiration in the absence of crisis.

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, Merr. Good afternoon, Dan. How are you? I mean, I don't want to over share, but I'm doing pretty good. Oh

0:08.6

Let's up with you. Oh

0:11.8

You know, I'm good. I saw a video of you. Yeah, I'm down to two

0:18.2

cans of celtzer at work. So I have a little bit of a

0:20.8

Well, that reminds you I gotta get mine now and get your LaCroix. Yeah, I

0:25.8

Had a actually it's been a big week. It's been a huge week. Um

0:30.0

For variety of reasons

0:34.3

Right reasons I still use cans for some things. Yeah

0:39.8

But I'm back on the the soda stream those jackals that soda stream that still have never sponsored us

0:44.9

I'm back on soda stream for home use. Oh good. Yeah

0:48.7

But I've got a little bit of a crisis because like I said, I'm down to two here. I'm about 24 ounces away from falling apart

0:55.8

I got a coffee I got one can of celtzer. I just opened it

1:00.1

Tick-tock tick-tock. Yeah, I want to recommend something to our listeners. Yes you there

1:06.3

Here I think it's an Austin company, but I'm sure it's international

1:11.1

there is a

1:13.8

cooler company

1:15.8

Called Yeti YTI nothing to do with the

1:20.2

Blue Yeti microphone

1:22.4

Yeti cooler. Yes, I'm putting it right now premium coolers drinkware and gear. Yeah

1:28.6

overengineered

1:30.6

and the

1:32.8

Yeti coolers rambler colster 12 ounce

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