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Episode 511: One Ringy-Dingy

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

DISCUSSED: Making a problem go away is not the same thing as solving the problem.

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0:00.0

I like that better.

0:03.4

Hmm.

0:04.4

That is weird.

0:05.4

Hmm.

0:06.4

What do you like better?

0:08.3

When it actually rings when I click the this Skype button, it doesn't just, not just

0:12.4

30 seconds of a silence, but like it rings and then you answer.

0:16.2

That's better.

0:17.2

Oh yeah.

0:18.2

You know, that's me.

0:19.8

Hey, Merlin.

0:21.8

Hmm.

0:22.8

Hi, Dan.

0:23.8

You can keep all this.

0:24.8

This is gold.

0:25.8

Yeah, keep it all.

0:26.8

This is to staying in the shop.

0:27.8

Yeah, Skype boy.

0:30.7

Woof.

0:32.1

I just noticed there's a dollar sign and a number next to my name and my status, which I think

0:37.7

is a new thing.

0:38.7

Yeah.

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