Merlin Mann on Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost and Sunk Cost Fallacy
Writer and Podcaster Merlin Mann talks about the origins of Inbox Zero, what Inbox Zero really means, Getting Things Done, Opportunity Cost and Sunk Cost Fallacy.
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
Tweetable Quotes (Click to Tweet):
- We allow so many things into our lives that we have an uncertain relationship with.Click To TweetYou must always accept that everything you agree to do means there’s other things you can’t do.Click To TweetIf I haven’t decided what always trumps everything else, I don’t have clarity on what I care about.Click To TweetWrite a review in iTunes
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