Merlin Mann on Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost and Sunk Cost Fallacy
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Merlin Mann is an Independent Writer, Speaker, and Broadcaster at MerlinMann.com) and Cohost of Back to Work Podcast) on the 5 by 5 Podcast Network) with Dan Benjamin).

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Covered in this episode:

• Different definitions of the word ‘productivity’

• Merlin’s superhero origin story as a productivity student

• The creation of 43Folders), the transition from then to today

Getting Things Done by David Allen) ©DavidCo, 2001.

• GTD Series on B2W: #95) – #96) – #97) – #98) – #99)

• Erik’s call in question on Back to Work episode #100 – Go Ahead, Caller.)

• Merlin’s interview with David Allen)

• Erik’s interview with David Allen)

• What Inbox Zero) started as, and what it really means

• Chasing the right zero)

• Merlin’s Inbox Zero talk at Google)

• Moving items in our Inbox(s) from unknown to undefined to incomplete to complete

• Opportunity cost)

• Sunk cost fallacy)

• The real prologue to how Back to Work) began

• Sven Fechner at SimplicityBliss.com)

• Brett Terpstra)

• Practically efficient)

• Mac Power Users Podcast)

• Macdrifter.com)

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- We allow so many things into our lives that we have an uncertain relationship with.Click To Tweet)You must always accept that everything you agree to do means there’s other things you can’t do.Click To Tweet)If I haven’t decided what always trumps everything else, I don’t have clarity on what I care about.Click To Tweet)Write a review in iTunes)

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