Episode Description

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin are here to discuss the awareness of fear, asking yourself why, and knowing the problem instead of chasing fake confidence, patches, and hacks.

Episode Information

Initially Released May 10, 2011

Runtime 1:00:09

Episode Page Marionette of my Own Design

Recurring Topics and Characters

• Fear

• Buddhism

• Tips and Tricks

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Episode Links

• Hetty Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Canonical Photo of Hetty Green
• Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Mindfulness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Audio Dharma - Gil Fronsdal's Dharma Talks
• Amazon.com: Mindfulness in Plain English: Revised and Expanded Edition (9780861713219): Bhante Henepola Gunaratana: Books
• Mindfulness In Plain English
• Abba - "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
• MP3: Sometimes There's a Man - Part II "Then, When?" - kung fu grippe
• Alan Watts - "The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety"
• YouTube - Joni Mitchell - "Talk To Me"
• YouTube - Joni Mitchell - "Blue"