Shane Parrish
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And inertia is such a powerful one.
We're habit forming, we're comfort seeking.
The habits that served us years ago may no longer serve us.
And we want to resist those changes.
And these defaults are really powerful.
And they cause us to sort of stay in place if they're making the decisions for us instead of us making the decisions.
If I remember correctly, because I wrote the book a couple of years ago, that was the, when I was a cashier and this guy would come in and he would just berate everybody.
he would just be like better than everybody else, right?
He'd illegally park.
He'd come in.
He was very flashy.
He's like that stereotypical person that irritates us all.
And one day he said to me, this Rolex doesn't pay for itself.
Hurry the fuck up.
I don't know if I can swear on here.
Hurry up.
It's done now.
No, I'm just kidding.
go right in.
And I responded, right?