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Episode 350: Stacking Stones and Inspiration

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Integrity and Fear.

This week your hosts discuss: sandwiches, solar power, some recent movies and what makes them memorable (or not), the glory of Edgar Wright, fun movie commentaries, Dan's rowing machine, big changes for Chairman Bendis, a cool free font from IBM, awesome creativity from a listener, some thoughts on apps for meditation and relaxation (and the important distinction between those things), the downside of Competitive Mindfulness and similar, some excellent feedback on last week's episode, the fear of integrity loss, Dan's trip to NYC, follow-up on resetting an iPhone, and the fine art of computer troubleshooting.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Hey, Marilyn, how are you?

0:03.5

Good afternoon, Dan.

0:04.5

I'm very well.

0:06.2

Good.

0:07.0

I'm a little bit winded.

0:08.3

What were you running?

0:09.7

No.

0:11.2

I had a breakfast sandwich that was very hearty.

0:14.2

Ah, so you're sort of digesting it?

0:17.2

Yeah, I guess I am.

0:18.2

I guess I'm digesting it.

0:19.2

Yeah.

0:20.2

I mean, it's made it past the initial barrier.

0:23.2

And now it's just God's work.

0:24.5

The soft-g-s.

0:26.2

The soft-g-s?

0:27.7

Yeah.

0:28.7

What's that called?

0:29.7

Parastasis?

0:30.7

Parastasis?

0:31.7

Is that the alchemist?

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