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Episode 315: The Nakamichi Deal

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: "Delivery Attempted."

This week, Merlin struggles with his coffee-making options, and Dan recalls his days of fishing lures. USPS deliveries, several TV shows, and Wolverine's disturbing bone claws are also discussed.

Listener Jackson writes in to ask about dealing with failings of self-discipline.

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0:00.0

Jackson ducks and geese better scurry

0:01.6

yeah

0:02.7

uh

0:04.0

hello hello merlin how are you today

0:06.8

hi dan i'm fine

0:10.4

we got a concerned email i know

0:12.2

listener i know what it is

0:16.6

little bit of howard use action yes yeah but i approve of it i like it i think it's okay

0:22.4

well i'm the same way so this listener right into i i was not aware of this i'm aware of some

0:27.2

bits in which i participate but i was not aware of the bit where i apparently say hello with a

0:32.8

question mark when you call yeah i didn't know that either thank you it's a thing uh and you know

0:39.9

i'm i'm not immune to that i i look forward to all kinds of ritualistic things on podcasts

0:44.4

i think it's one of the things you look forward to you i let's look look forward to elie calen

0:49.0

making up a song about the letters you know on the flop house i look forward to throwing my

0:54.4

computer out the window when john febros says pod right same thing this like when i i will paint

0:59.0

the uh television screen black anytime jude law appears uh front of the pod jude law

1:05.2

i see i see the young pope dan yes i tried to get through an episode of that and it was

1:10.7

tough seems like they're having fun huh they're doing something

1:13.9

hmm hmm sorry i'm late i uh i started to make a coffee and then i saw your face on my computer

1:19.7

so i have half a coffee you mean you spilled it it's my windscreen oh no no no no uh no i was uh you

1:31.4

know doing uh i was doing a uh i was doing a hand drip whoa so what they call what do they call

1:37.3

that i was doing a drip i was doing a question i don't know how they do things up way up there i

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