Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin talk about trying to change other people, how things really aren’t that bad, balancing fear or being driven by fear, leaving capacity for when you get The Pitch, procrastination (eventually), and giving yourself permission to fail in an interesting way. You’re not gonna get black lung from a spreadsheet.

Links for this episode:<ul><li><a href="http://blog.precipice.org/why-wesabe-lost-to-mint" class="link" target="_blank">Why Wesabe Lost to Mint - Marc Hedlund&#x27;s blog</a> </li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl" class="link" target="_blank">Viktor Frankl - Wikipedia (&quot;…finding meaning in all forms of existence…&quot;)</a> </li></ul>Sponsored by <a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/?pid=5by5&source=website" title="MailChimp">MailChimp</a> and <a href="http://sourcebits.com" title="Sourcebits">Sourcebits</a>.

Episode 5: Chigger Bites on the Bus Driver

Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.