Episode 17: Brick Building Full of Lies

Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about checking email under the table to catch up on your 27 high priority tasks, a good time to use the word priority, blowing cycles on meeting with Narnia's stakeholders, and getting tasks out of your dreamcatcher. Links for this episode:BONUS AWESOME: Too Close to the Metal Wallpapers (Chainmail for Manatees)ESSAY: Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities | 43 FoldersESSAY: GTD: Priorities don't exist in a vacuum | 43 FoldersESSAY: First, care. | 43 FoldersWIKI: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Importance vs. Urgency)WIKI: Alan Lakein (Lakein's question: "What is the best use of my time right now?")CONCEPT: GTD & "The Four-Criteria Model for Choosing Actions in the Moment" - Google BooksROCKET: Estes 1948 Big Bertha Flying Model Rocket Kit (Amazon.com)CONCEPT: Time and motion study - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaWEBB: Cheaper by the Dozen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSONG: Bacon Ray - Sundays In A RowBONUS AWESOME: Cut the bullshit, do the hard work, on your desktop — Ice To The BrimCHART: covey quadrants - Google SearchROCKET: 001948 - Big Bertha™ - Skill 1 - Kits By Skill Level - RocketsVIDEO: Caddyshack: Playing Through ("Over on Briar")POEM: "The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot as hypertext BOOK: The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound BOOK: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity (Amazon)HOWTO: Getting started with "Getting Things Done" | 43 Folders HOWTO: Building a Smarter To-Do List, Part I | 43 Folders OAK of a Man: Ken Case — The Omni Group OBVIOUS Raymond Carver Joke: "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" (WIKI)VIDEO: American Tourister "Gorilla" Commercial (1971)DIAGRAM: Anatomy of the Derail: “You shouldn’t be throwing anyone.” Sponsored by Harvest and Sound Studio 4.