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Episode 76: The Avatar of Dorian Gray

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2012

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

TOPICS: Better Meat & Working Backwards

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about the many strategic and tactical benefits of reverse-engineering your next project.

There is also extensive discussion of choosing, preparing, and cooking meat.

It's not food until is sounds like food and it smells like food.

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0:00.0

Here's my thread. Let's see.

0:01.2

I can do. I can do. I can do. I can do. I can do bagpipes.

0:06.9

I can do, I can see what else I can do. I used to be able to do, I'm not

0:13.3

can't do that anymore. Oh, I can do.

0:21.2

Hello. Hello, Merlin, man. Good morning, Dan. How are you?

0:24.9

I feel okay. All right. Just get your food.

0:28.8

Yeah, it's all squared away.

0:30.6

What's eating steak?

0:32.0

Have some steak. No, probably be probably be something else. I don't know.

0:37.0

We'll figure it out. Got some water.

0:39.8

You got an order in. I put it in my order.

0:43.1

So let's see what the Joel get that for you? No, no.

0:48.3

If you just off the top, you had it. If you don't, don't ever think it.

0:51.0

If you ask Joel to bring you lunch, what would he bring you?

0:54.1

I don't know. I have no idea. Yeah. Hot dogs. He's a hot dog, man.

1:02.9

Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. How you doing, buddy?

1:07.2

I'm great. You're back home, man. Back home.

1:10.2

Oh, don't talk about that. Okay. We can talk about that. You want to talk about that?

1:13.6

No, I don't. I had a really good time. It's your shun. Talk about whatever you

1:17.5

want to talk about just like always. Hey, I think new Dan's back. Hey.

1:23.2

Hey, buddy. No, you did. Can we talk? I think it would be really cool to talk about it.

1:28.1

Can we talk about it or no? Absolutely. Yeah.

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