EPISODE · Jan 31, 2017 · 1H 17M
Episode 309: Hard Pass
from Back to Work · host 5by5
TOPIC: Celebrating your successful failures. This week, Dan and Merlin kick off with discussion of night bears, the ascendance of Netflix, and some very nice emails from listeners. Merlin also shares an important life hack for Twitter. Merlin brings in a new thought technology via Jen Kirkman guesting on John Moe's wonderful podcast, The Hilarious World of Depression: learning how to talk back to the voices in your head. Dan gives some big updates to his (theoretical) project to build a (theoretical) Hackintosh. Huge week. Finally, Merlin shares a thought on how to potentially find success in your miniature failures. What happens when you decide to keep doing something not because you want to succeed at it…but just because it's a thing that you do? Links for this episode:B. F. Skinner - WikipediaThe Hilarious World of Depression | Podcast | APM PodcastsA show about clinical depression...with laughs? Well, yeah. 7: Jen Kirkman, Bad Therapy, Good Therapy, and Nuclear Invasion — The Hilarious World of Depression — OvercastBefore she was a successful LA comic with a new Netflix special, Jen Kirkman was a somewhat confused kid growing up in Boston. Hear how she got screwed up by nuclear war anxiety, found her calling in comedy, and ultimately learned to leverage her creativity and imagination to take on depression and anxiety.delete Morning Pages | Julia Cameron LiveMorning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing,done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages–they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are aboutanything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyesonly. Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize andsynchronize the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just putthree pages of anything on the page...and then do three more pages tomorrow. The Good Place - NBC.comThe Good Place: Season 1 - Rotten TomatoesKristen Bell and Ted Danson knock it out of the park with supremely entertaining, charming performances in this absurd, clever and whimsical portrayal of the afterlife. Drunk John Wayne speaks to young cadets - YouTubeHear JW say rigoddamndiculous, excrement, and tell people he's not "trying to talk for clapping". How to make someone unfollow you on Twitter | GadgetteHow to soft block someone on Twitter LAMBORGHINIS IN MY LAMBORGHINIS ACCOUNT - YouTubeTy Lambo shares ““Knowledge.”” Hackintosh MethodBrought to you by: MailButler (Visit mailbutler.io and use the code MAILBUTLER_5BY5 for 15% off both MailButler Professional Monthly and MailButler Professional Yearly). The PDFpen Family (Visit smilesoftware.com/b2w for details on the PDFpen Family).
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TOPIC: Celebrating your successful failures. This week, Dan and Merlin kick off with discussion of night bears, the ascendance of Netflix, and some very nice emails from listeners. Merlin also shares an important life hack for Twitter. Merlin brings in a new thought technology via Jen Kirkman guesting on John Moe's wonderful podcast, The Hilarious World of Depression: learning how to talk back to the voices in your head. Dan gives some big updates to his (theoretical) project to build a (theoretical) Hackintosh. Huge week. Finally, Merlin shares a thought on how to potentially find success in your miniature failures. What happens when you decide to keep doing something not because you want to succeed at it…but just because it's a thing that you do? Links for this episode:B. F. Skinner - WikipediaThe Hilarious World of Depression | Podcast | APM PodcastsA show about clinical depression...with laughs? Well, yeah. 7: Jen Kirkman, Bad Therapy, Good Therapy, and Nuclear Invasion — The Hilarious World of Depression — OvercastBefore she was a successful LA comic with a new Netflix special, Jen Kirkman was a somewhat confused kid growing up in Boston. Hear how she got screwed up by nuclear war anxiety, found her calling in comedy, and ultimately learned to leverage her creativity and imagination to take on depression and anxiety.delete Morning Pages | Julia Cameron LiveMorning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing,done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages–they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are aboutanything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyesonly. Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize andsynchronize the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just putthree pages of anything on the page...and then do three more pages tomorrow. The Good Place - NBC.comThe Good Place: Season 1 - Rotten TomatoesKristen Bell and Ted Danson knock it out of the park with supremely entertaining, charming performances in this absurd, clever and whimsical portrayal of the afterlife. Drunk John Wayne speaks to young cadets - YouTubeHear JW say rigoddamndiculous, excrement, and tell people he's not "trying to talk for clapping". How to make someone unfollow you on Twitter | GadgetteHow to soft block someone on Twitter LAMBORGHINIS IN MY LAMBORGHINIS ACCOUNT - YouTubeTy Lambo shares ““Knowledge.”” Hackintosh MethodBrought to you by: MailButler (Visit mailbutler.io and use the code MAILBUTLER_5BY5 for 15% off both MailButler Professional Monthly and MailButler Professional Yearly). The PDFpen Family (Visit smilesoftware.com/b2w for details on the PDFpen Family).
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