Lin-Manuel Miranda Daydreams, and His Dad Gets Things Done

Worklife with Adam Grant

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In a world obsessed with efficiency, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights began with idle curiosity. Adam interviews Lin together with his father, Luis, about finding harmony between creativity and productivity—and rhythm between work and life. They discuss what motivated Lin to take a big risk on the biggest stage of his life, the challenges of fitting in when you stand out, the importance of delegation and deadlines, and the lost art of doing nothing. Read the full text transcript at go.ted.com/T4G9.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Tom Rivic-Karnack and I'm one of the hosts of Outrage and Optimism, a TED podcast.
0:05.0	Is it too late to avert the climate crisis?
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0:17.0	we break down the latest news, make it intelligible,
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0:33.0	Hi, I'm Felix Overholzer-G, and I'm one of the hosts of a podcast called After Hours, from TED.
0:40.0	Each week my friends and colleagues from Harvard Business School break down the latest in business and culture.
0:46.0	This season we're talking about quiet, quitting, Twitter, innovation and rice farming,
0:52.0	and why recycling might be a really bad idea.
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1:00.0	Two episodes where everything is on the table.
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1:13.0	Luis, did you think your son was out of his mind?
1:16.0	No, no, I never think he's out of his mind.
1:21.0	I just think that he's nuts.
1:26.0	Nuts. That's one way to have your dad describe you.
1:31.0	But when you have a creative streak like Lin-Manuel Miranda's, maybe it's not such a bad thing.
1:39.0	I'm Adam Grant, and this is Taken for Granite, my podcast with its head audio collective.
1:44.0	I'm an organizational psychologist.
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