Episode 539: Where the Ghosts Live

Back to Work

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

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Things get pretty silly, yet somehow land on some extremely Back to Work points about time management, compression, values, and moving your own goalposts. For some reason, McDonald's becomes an important controlling metaphor.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ah, okay, almost there.
0:04.0	Almost there.
0:04.8	I like that.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:06.5	Ah, hello.
0:08.3	Hello.
0:09.3	Hello.
0:10.3	Hey.
0:11.3	Hmm, what's up?
0:13.3	Ah.
0:14.3	I don't know if I'm gonna make it.
0:19.8	I know the thing is I will make it, I'll be fine.
0:22.6	Yeah.
0:23.6	That's what Kierkegaard said, you know.
0:25.6	Because you know, you make it whether you want to make it or not.
0:28.2	You make it make it to your heart.
0:29.8	I guess or whatever.
0:31.0	Or fake it till you make it.
0:32.0	Fake it till you break it.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:34.0	You drive it like you stole it.
0:35.0	You know, smoke it like you roll it.
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