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Episode 80: Cascading Wave of Bad

Back to Work

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2012

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Kicking and Screaming

Merlin has been dragged kicking and screaming into at least two things this week. Sometimes, that works out, and sometimes it doesn't. But, how many of those things do we need? How many can you sign up for? How often do you see Beast coming down the hall?

There aren't that many things you have to do, but how can you see it coming? Well, you know where your cumin is and you haven't checked your MySpace this week. How's that for complicated?

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0:00.0

I like it. That one says, uh,

0:04.3

septic, uh, septic approach. No,

0:07.4

where did we lay it a little bit on the earth side? I got a little bit of weather and the, uh,

0:13.1

half section of the, uh, left, right?

0:17.1

And, uh, we're going to go ahead and, uh, bring that in.

0:21.8

The problem with tea is I think it's an astringent.

0:25.6

That's an astringent. It makes me feel a little dry when I have tea.

0:29.0

Do you get dry when you have tea? You want to start the show?

0:31.5

Yeah, we can start when let's kick it off.

0:33.2

You can split what people tune in for?

0:35.3

Yeah, this is the tea party. Yeah.

0:37.1

The tea party. Tea party.

0:39.9

Look, I talk about the tea party.

0:41.6

I, um, I, uh, I like tea, but it is an astringent.

0:45.6

I think that's how it's pronounced.

0:47.1

Astringent, as you, as you say, and, um, astringent.

0:52.0

A stringent. It's an astringent.

0:54.4

If you've ever given a single thought to my dryness,

0:58.1

and, and it dries my mouth out. Listen.

1:02.1

Does it feel very dry? Do you, do you get dry when you drink tea?

1:04.8

I don't, not in the way you mean.

1:07.3

Hmm. I get, I got some trader, Joe's, uh, jasmine green tea here, which is my go-to.

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