Tim Ferriss

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.

It's like, okay, like, yeah, I can try to learn how to count cards, and I know you're not supposed to do that, but... Sort of like bringing down the house or the movie 21.

It's like, okay, like, you can try to, like, get better at it, and then you need to know when you have a hot hand.

You need to know when the deck is in the right place.

You need to know your statistics.

But you're not going to bet heavy on every hand.

You'll run out of bankroll.

So in the startup investing, it's just an existential imperative.

You have to say no to the most things.

So you have to have rules.

And what are those rules grounded in?