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.

Covered in this episode:

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• 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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