Tim Ferriss

Okay, well, I need to make this book work.

So how do I make it work for this guy?

If I can make it work for this guy, it'll work for other people.

And then started testing it with a private community of about 100 people also.

And ultimately got it to the point where it's like,

That guy is different now.

Like after a year working together, like his life, how he interacts, he still sends me texts to this day.

He's like, you would not believe what just happened.

It is a different life.

Like before you have the shield of no, and after you have the shield of no, wielded artfully, they are two different experiences of life.

And this also... If you want more time dilation, right?

If you want more experiential lifespan, you want more intimacy, you cannot do that if you have a porous mesh through which everyone else's agenda filters to you.

That you feel morally obligated for reasons that are unclear to say yes.

Do you say no more than you say yes?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I have to.

I have to on a lot of levels.

And if I give you sort of a sterile example, it'd be like in the world of startup investing.

If I don't say no to 80, 90% or more of what comes my way, I run out of money, right?

I have to play it like a smart blackjack player.