Episode 75: The Mayor of Perspective

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

🗓️ 9 July 2012

⏱️ 88 minutes

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TOPIC: Feeling Stuck in the Middle

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about a topic suggested by listener, @toddsandends: what happens when you're stuck enforcing rules you don't agree with?

Whether you're a security guard, an RA, a SysAdmin, a character on The Wire, or pretty much anybody else, sometimes there's just stuff you gotta do. Even when you think it's a terrible idea.

So, who's allowed to corrupt you, what's it worth, and how long is that going to be okay with you?

As ever, work is a lot of work.

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0:00.0	But I have seven points this week on the subject of productivity.
0:05.6	And I'd like to go through them in order if that's all right with you.
0:09.0	First of all, you need to get focused life in.
0:13.1	Hello.
0:13.6	Hi, Merlin.
0:16.5	It's so weird when I had this dream going and I can hear it before you call me.
0:20.1	It's like a little security camera.
0:22.2	Yeah, see you walking up to the door.
0:23.6	I can see you and there's nothing wrong with my internet, by the way.
0:26.8	No, I can see you've got zero percent packet lots, right?
0:29.6	And then why'd you say that?
0:30.4	Why'd you say that unkind thing?
0:32.6	Huh?
0:33.3	I don't want to make a big deal about it.
0:34.3	You use me as examples of several things.
0:36.0	I say you never have problems.
0:38.1	That's not what you said.
0:39.2	Actually, it is.
0:40.2	I said, I never have it and we never have issues.
0:42.5	Marco frequently has it.
0:44.8	I got to whatever, whatever the Comcast, I think I got the, I used to be on the ripoff
0:49.1	deal and then I moved up to the total ripoff deal.
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