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Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin on productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more. Hosted by Dan Benjamin & Merlin Mann.
Back to Work #20: Muscle of Failure
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iTunes AudioJune 14, 2011 at 6:00pm • Short URL • Wiki Entry
Merlin and Dan talk about getting started, putting on your shoes instead of shopping for pedometers, false dilemmas, doing as much work with your hands as you’ve done in your head, why you should leave some water in the pump, meta-fiddling, and getting better.
This episode is sponsored by FreshBooks and Sound Studio 4.
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