Cal Newport

And that's the only way I can protect it now is anything that requires me to like go somewhere.

It's a default no.

And then I can talk myself...

out of it later right I'm like you know what I could bring my family with that we could have a trip right so actually you know what I will do this or you know I just did a master class course released this week I spent a year and a half saying no

to that.

And then like, eventually I sort of talked myself, I talked to some people, uh, they're like, we'll come to DC to do it.

I talked to, you know, James clear, just done one.

And I had a good talk with him about it.

And I was like, you know what, this is, this will be interesting.

And it took me a year and a half.

Um, but I finally talked myself into it.

So I will say yes, but it just, the default no means that you don't have to high standards.

Yeah.

You don't have to run it through the ringer.

And then you're like, okay, if it really sticks with me, then maybe I'll be like, all right, all right, I'll do it.

Well, it depends what you mean by work and what they're doing, right?

Because think about it.

Let's say you're an athlete.

It's super well-defined.

Like, here's optimal training, here's optimal rest, and, like, that's what you should be doing.