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Episode 454: Enough Women Nation

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Discussed:

  • the commercials you get in your head
  • listener feedback on music management
  • first results of Merlin's own deep dive on music management alternatives
  • thoughts on the "safety" that ends up making us less safe
  • the perverse magic of "ghoti"
  • thoughts on Dan's cool new laptop
  • getting the shell you want
  • sometimes Daddy needs to go in the closet

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:01.0

Hello, Merlin.

0:02.0

How are you?

0:03.0

Good morning, Dan.

0:04.0

I'm very well.

0:05.0

How are you?

0:06.0

Oh, I'm pretty good.

0:07.0

Very good.

0:08.0

Yeah, pretty good.

0:09.0

Yeah, pretty good.

0:10.0

Really good.

0:11.0

Yeah.

0:12.0

Yeah.

0:13.0

I'm doing great.

0:14.0

Yeah.

0:15.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:16.0

Really am.

0:17.0

You know?

0:18.0

Yeah.

0:19.0

How great are you?

0:20.0

How are you?

0:21.0

I'm still shame.

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