Stephen Collar

And at the time I was doing this calculation, I want to say I was 50. 57 now. So average men are going to live to 82, right? That's on average. So let's just say it's average. I had 32 more. 32 years. She had about 210 times. Exactly. So I realized, well, I've got all these whiz bang friends who are doing longevity shit. So maybe I get an extra 10 years, right?

And at the time I was doing this calculation, I want to say I was 50. 57 now. So average men are going to live to 82, right? That's on average. So let's just say it's average. I had 32 more. 32 years. She had about 210 times. Exactly. So I realized, well, I've got all these whiz bang friends who are doing longevity shit. So maybe I get an extra 10 years, right?

So maybe we can say it's 40 years and I get to do my favorite activity 280 times more period. If everything works perfectly, that's not a very big number. No. Right? It's really not a big number. So what the first- Better take advantage of it. You know what I did? I put a giant countdown clock on the wall in my office. It shows powder stays till death.

So maybe we can say it's 40 years and I get to do my favorite activity 280 times more period. If everything works perfectly, that's not a very big number. No. Right? It's really not a big number. So what the first- Better take advantage of it. You know what I did? I put a giant countdown clock on the wall in my office. It shows powder stays till death.

So I'm always like, it's really a way of focusing my attention on like what matters. And it also like, what it does is it stops me. I'm a workaholic like us. And a lot of my satisfaction and joy comes from that. So I don't take a lot of time off. And- Oftentimes, when I do take time off, it's because I've said yes to somebody. Hey, Steven, do you want to come to the Genius Network thing and hang?

So I'm always like, it's really a way of focusing my attention on like what matters. And it also like, what it does is it stops me. I'm a workaholic like us. And a lot of my satisfaction and joy comes from that. So I don't take a lot of time off. And- Oftentimes, when I do take time off, it's because I've said yes to somebody. Hey, Steven, do you want to come to the Genius Network thing and hang?

It's those kinds of things. So that list of 10 things allows me to filter. It's like a vision board. What do I say yes to? What do I say no to? It's a framework for how do I say no to delicious things.

It's those kinds of things. So that list of 10 things allows me to filter. It's like a vision board. What do I say yes to? What do I say no to? It's a framework for how do I say no to delicious things.

Yeah, I like writing. The famous one is Sir Edmund Hillary. There are people who like climbing Everest and there are people who like having climbed Everest. Yeah.

Yeah, I like writing. The famous one is Sir Edmund Hillary. There are people who like climbing Everest and there are people who like having climbed Everest. Yeah.

But just I mean, to me, like I love the writing. What's hard is the fact that like when the book is finished, the job is only half done, like the marketing of the book.

But just I mean, to me, like I love the writing. What's hard is the fact that like when the book is finished, the job is only half done, like the marketing of the book.

is equally difficult and takes the exact usually if it takes me like four years to write a book it's going to take about four years to promote it this is one of the things people don't get about books is they're not like tv shows like people you can't nobody it's not like a new album and everybody's going to go home and listen to the song in four minutes they take a while you were talking yesterday about like you're a slow reader right one of my new books comes out

is equally difficult and takes the exact usually if it takes me like four years to write a book it's going to take about four years to promote it this is one of the things people don't get about books is they're not like tv shows like people you can't nobody it's not like a new album and everybody's going to go home and listen to the song in four minutes they take a while you were talking yesterday about like you're a slow reader right one of my new books comes out

and you're a good friend of mine and you like my work a lot. I know you're not going to read it with, it's going to take like six months to a year before you actually get through my book. So I know when I put a book out that it's going to take six years to percolate through the world minimum. And I've got a, like, that's my marketing window, right?

and you're a good friend of mine and you like my work a lot. I know you're not going to read it with, it's going to take like six months to a year before you actually get through my book. So I know when I put a book out that it's going to take six years to percolate through the world minimum. And I've got a, like, that's my marketing window, right?

So however long I wrote it, I'm still like working for that book for an equally long period.

So however long I wrote it, I'm still like working for that book for an equally long period.

Yeah. You can definitely do it. I will also say like, one of the things that really shaped me was, was my friendship with Peter. Cause I've known Peter since the key. We were both in our twenties when we met and the X prize, I met Peter right when he founded the X prize. And I won't go into this. There's a long story, but like at this point, everybody in the world thought Peter was full of shit.

Yeah. You can definitely do it. I will also say like, one of the things that really shaped me was, was my friendship with Peter. Cause I've known Peter since the key. We were both in our twenties when we met and the X prize, I met Peter right when he founded the X prize. And I won't go into this. There's a long story, but like at this point, everybody in the world thought Peter was full of shit.