Episode 79: Mayor Pro Tem of Hoboville

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

🗓️ 6 August 2012

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Adapting to the Danger Room of Life

Dan and Merlin talk about how the protagonist of your story handles change in personal and work environments.

How do you respond in the face of change you haven't anticipated or isn't conducive to who you want to be? What is the worst that could happen? Who can help you except you?

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0:00.0	Hi, Dan.
0:03.0	Hi.
0:04.0	I'm so sorry about everything.
0:06.0	Everything you've done?
0:08.0	Well, that's a different show.
0:10.0	Okay.
0:11.0	Because that's all show we could do that show today.
0:13.0	I wish and I hope that I pray that you will let me post that photo.
0:17.0	Which one?
0:18.0	One few in a box.
0:20.0	I already did.
0:21.0	It's already up.
0:22.0	Is it on a big week?
0:23.0	I put it on Twitter and I put a...
0:25.0	Yeah, I posted it.
0:26.0	Do whatever you want to do.
0:27.0	That's actually not me.
0:29.0	The secret is I took the picture.
0:30.0	So I wasn't in the box.
0:32.0	But there's a view from the box.
0:34.0	The call's coming from inside.
0:35.0	The call's in from inside.
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