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A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have space around my time and expectations.

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Merlin Mann
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 26
Podcaster
Television Producer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Merlin Dean Mann III
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Completely
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