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TOPIC: Capture, Contracts, and Mapping the Territory.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about keeping an honest calendar and ensuring you regularly review your "contracts" with yourself.

Chock-a-block with practical COM-ponents for making sure your map is up to date with the territory.

¿Spanish question marks? ¡Si!

Zibba-zabba! Fax my gal!


Links for this episode:

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`soold`")
Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
[Screencast] Ep. 03: Blocks Intro — Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
Q: What would you like to see here? — Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
Twitter / hotdogsladies: Offer—mail me a SASE and ...
Back to Work Starter Pack — Merlin Mann
I…uh…have plenty to spare. - mlkshk
Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rondo Hatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
kung fu grippe • Hooooly shit. Looks like a few people want them...
kung fu grippe • rotl: For serious scholarship only. Two hundred...
Timeboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon.com: Aveda Self Control Hair Styling Stick, 2.6 oz (75 g): Beauty
[SPONSOR] Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense
Fugue state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5by5 | Back to Work #61: I Handed Him My Luke
Inverted question and exclamation marks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon.com: Tap Bell -Desk Bell - Nickle Plated, Black base: Sports & Outdoors
Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders
Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
John Roderick: A Night on the Town - a set on Flickr
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books
Day One | A simple Journal
App Store - DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition
[43f] Philip K. Dick: "There's the First Law of Kipple... 'Kipple drives out nonkipple.'"
Map–territory relation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ("The map is not the territory")
Two Cats Comic Book Store - Two Cats Comic Book Store
John Forbes Nash, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Recipes « World Aeropress Championship

This week's episode of Back to Work is sponsored by Ting and Squarespace.

Sign up for Squarespace today to get an extra 10% off any new account with the offer code "soold" (as in, "Merlin looks sooooooo old!"). Watch Merlin's new Squarespace 6 site get built in real time (including screencasts) at http://merlinm.com/s6.

TOPIC: Capture, Contracts, and Mapping the Territory.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about keeping an honest calendar and ensuring you regularly review your "contracts" with yourself.

Chock-a-block with practical COM-ponents for making sure your map is up to date with the territory.

¿Spanish question marks? ¡Si!

Zibba-zabba! Fax my gal!

Links for this episode:

[SPONSOR] Squarespace (10% off with offer code, "`soold`")
Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
[Screencast] Ep. 03: Blocks Intro — Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
Q: What would you like to see here? — Merlin’s Squarespace 6 Blog — Merlin Mann
Twitter / hotdogsladies: Offer—mail me a SASE and ...
Back to Work Starter Pack — Merlin Mann
I…uh…have plenty to spare. - mlkshk
Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rondo Hatton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
kung fu grippe • Hooooly shit. Looks like a few people want them...
kung fu grippe • rotl: For serious scholarship only. Two hundred...
Timeboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon.com: Aveda Self Control Hair Styling Stick, 2.6 oz (75 g): Beauty
[SPONSOR] Ting - Mobile That Makes Sense
Fugue state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5by5 | Back to Work #61: I Handed Him My Luke
Inverted question and exclamation marks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon.com: Tap Bell -Desk Bell - Nickle Plated, Black base: Sports & Outdoors
Back to GTD: Do a fast "mind-sweep" | 43 Folders
Garden Gnome | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
John Roderick: A Night on the Town - a set on Flickr
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: 9780142000281: Amazon.com: Books
Day One | A simple Journal
App Store - DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition
[43f] Philip K. Dick: "There's the First Law of Kipple... 'Kipple drives out nonkipple.'"
Map–territory relation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ("The map is not the territory")
Two Cats Comic Book Store - Two Cats Comic Book Store
John Forbes Nash, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Recipes « World Aeropress Championship

This week's episode of Back to Work is sponsored by Ting and Squarespace.

Sign up for Squarespace today to get an extra 10% off any new account with the offer code "soold" (as in, "Merlin looks sooooooo old!"). Watch Merlin's new Squarespace 6 site get built in real time (including screencasts) at http://merlinm.com/s6.

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