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Episode 99: Nobody Wants to Live in a Scaffolding

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

🗓️ 22 December 2012

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Troubleshooting for Saner GTD

This week, Dan and Merlin wrap up their epic summer crossover series on David Allen's book Getting Things Done, focusing on the trouble spots, hang-ups, and occasional rat holes that people often encounter in implementing and maintaining their GTD system.

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0:00.0

I need Akbar, she's born in Malmo.

0:04.8

I think it's pronounced Malamar.

0:07.4

It's got an umlaut or a diacritical, as you say, over the, oh, which seems superfluous.

0:13.2

I see.

0:14.2

Superfluous, unless it's in the New York Times, excuse me, in the New Yorker, does not have

0:18.2

a, okay, no, we get to start, let's start with this.

0:20.9

This is a big, there's not a chance in the world that we're going to talk about that.

0:24.6

Oh, come on.

0:26.1

I don't want to talk about it.

0:27.1

Please.

0:28.7

That, look, that lady's eating boogers for a nickel and I'm lucky to point, we are alive.

0:35.5

This is all live, terrific, may I, may I, may I just read an excerpt from it?

0:42.2

No, you absolutely, absolutely no way, may, no, you may not, have I, have I, have I

0:49.1

spoken directly about this?

0:51.6

I shan't.

0:52.6

Okay.

0:53.6

I was, I mean, it's your show, so I thought it was funny when you made fun of me.

0:57.5

I enjoyed that.

0:58.5

That was funny.

0:59.5

But no, it was, it was stupid.

1:00.5

I thought it was great.

1:01.9

Thank you.

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