Episode Description

Merlin Mann is back from Webstock and ready to recap with Dan Benjamin, which leads back to caring first, performance and fear, meditation, hypnotherapy, and why you really need the hard answer instead just more tips.

Episode Information

Initially Released March 1, 2011

Runtime 1:03:40

Episode Page Expectational Debt

Recurring Topics and Characters

• First Care

• Tips and Tricks
• Fear

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Episode Links

• The Conversation #27: Missionless Statements - 5by5
• MacSparky - Blog - Mac Power Users - Workflows with Merlin Mann
• Introducing the Hipster PDA - 43 Folders
• MacGuffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Amazon.com: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) (9781934356050): Andy Hunt: Books
• Amazon.com: The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (0785342616224): Andrew Hunt, David Thomas: Books
• Amazon.com: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play (9781585425525): Neil Fiore: Books
• Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" - 43 Folders
• "Creating Flow with OmniFocus," by Kourosh Dini, M.D. (HIGHLY recommended by Merlin)
• Hivelogic - The Paleo Diet: A Link Primer
• VIDEO: Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) - 43 Folders
• AUDIO: Quotidian Public Radio - "The 14-Second Work Year"
• PHOTO: "We Look Nice Today" by lonelysandwich - kung fu grippe
• Clear and Present Danger (1994)