Robin Arzón

Yeah, I was just going to say.

The answer is no.

I was kidding myself for a while that it was like, oh, in a month and two weeks and three months, I'll totally want to do that thing at 7 p.m.

or 9 p.m.

Or, oh, my God, I'm already asleep at 9.

So for social engagements, if I wouldn't say yes immediately, it's likely going to be a no.

And then for business things, I try to align my yeses with the energy of hell freaking yes.

Like it's a high bar.

because it's the kind of yes that makes me want to leap out of my seat, even if it's going to be really hard work, a.k.a.

hustle.

Absolutely.

It's like a full embodiment.

Initial years of my career, you say yes just to put in the reps and make the connections, and that, I think...

serves a purpose in your 20s and 30s, or maybe just in the beginning of any journey where you're really trying to, you know, put your name on it.

But now I'm at a point where I can be a little bit more selected.

So volume begs the question, are you busy or productive?

And when I look at my calendar, I'm really proud that my current day calendar reflects who I am and what I'm about.

And I think a few years ago, I don't necessarily think I could have stood by that.

where I felt the need to add things on my calendar just to say that my days were full and I was really conflating busyness with productiveness.

And I think for type A folks who like the checklist, they like the gold star, you know, as a kid, they were the straight A student or aspired to be, of which I was definitely that energy, checking things off my calendar for the sake of busyness