Ep. 572: "The Good One"

Roderick on the Line

Merlin Mann

Self-help, Merlinmann, Thelongwinters, Johnroderick, Roderick, Winters, Long, The, Philosophy, Society & Culture, John, Merlin, Mann

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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The Problem: She gave John Social Security glasses.

(Recorded on Monday, March 17, 2025.)

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0:00.0	Hello?
0:06.2	Hi, John.
0:09.2	Hi, Merlin.
0:10.2	How's going?
0:11.2	Good, you're being really quiet over there.
0:13.6	Yeah, it's because you're being quiet.
0:15.5	Trying to match your energy.
0:17.5	Yeah, I guess I was trying to do the same thing.
0:20.1	Oh, you were trying to pre-retroactively gauge my energy?
0:24.7	Well, yeah, I guess.
0:26.1	I mean, could two people try to match one another's energy, like, all the way down to just, like, silence?
0:35.1	I guess.
0:37.3	All the way down.
0:38.8	Do you want to try a different one?
0:40.8	Do you want to try a different energy?
0:42.2	Oh, I don't know. I don't know.
0:44.5	That might have been my authentic energy.
0:48.2	Your authentic energy.
0:50.4	It's just kind of snuck out, huh?
0:53.1	It's a lot of pressure.
0:54.3	It's a lot of pressure on you to start the show.
0:57.2	But, I mean, I feel like we've got a pretty, you know, well, pretty well-worn patter.
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