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Back to Work

Episode 98: Bagged and Boarded

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

🗓️ 18 December 2012

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Working Getting Things Done to stay current, complete, and creative.

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their discussion of David Allen's Getting Things Done system.

Learning how to leverage GTD's modality to firewall time for guilt-free creative work.

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0:00.0

Okay, so getting things done in three.

0:04.9

You know, the end is near and finally, finally, the guy really tries.

0:07.3

He quits fun in and in.

0:08.4

You're talking about building that noise.

0:09.9

Yeah, he did a lot of those just from his car.

0:11.7

He has a very, I don't know if you know, Danny has a very, very costly German car.

0:15.1

It's, it's even quieter than a Prius.

0:17.0

I, I didn't know there was such a thing.

0:19.7

It can invade a country to the east within a week and no one would even notice.

0:24.0

So he does the show from his car with his Bluetooth and hops hops.

0:29.5

That's a sweet name for a dog.

0:30.4

Did you get that card?

0:32.0

I, yes, I did have him and the dog, the boy and the dog.

0:35.5

Stop right there.

0:36.0

You know what I say?

0:36.5

Stop right there.

0:37.3

You know what I mean?

0:38.3

It's like you just got, you just got two kings down.

0:41.2

You don't need to hit again.

0:42.4

Stop.

0:43.4

Don't add anything else to the family.

0:44.8

It's perfect.

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