Episode 6: Expectational Debt

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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. Links for this episode: 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 Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders BOOK: "Creating Flow with OmniFocus," by Kourosh Dini, M.D. (HIGHLY recommended by Merlin) Hivelogic - The Paleo Diet: A Link Primer AUDIO: Quotidian Public Radio - "The 14-Second Work Year" VIDEO: Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) | 43 Folders PHOTO: "We Look Nice Today" by lonelysandwich - kung fu grippe Clear and Present Danger (1994) Amazon.com: The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play (9781585425525): Neil Fiore: Books Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker Sponsored by MailChimp and CodeConf 2011.

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