Tim Ferriss

what are the payoffs and how durable are they, right?

Like what's the upside?

I've talked about, I've written down all the downside.

What's the upside and what's the durability?

Okay, well, if I went on a four week vacation and I figured out how to run my business and automate things, I would come back and all those systems would still exist.

Like I would have taken myself

out of the machine.

I would no longer be the Wizard of Oz having to control everything.

Like, well, I mean, that could last years in terms of benefits, right?

Okay, but when we go down the list, what are all the benefits?

How durable are they?

And then you look at all the downsides and you're like, all right,

How temporary or durable are these?

What is the real downside risk?

And I'll be done with this in just a minute or two.

But it's important because people can do this.

And I gave a TED talk on this for people who want to really dig in.

But what you realize often is that the thing you're considering, if it works, is like a 7 to 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 in life-changing impact with durability.

Like it lasts for a while.

And the things that you're scared of are like two, three, four in temporary pain.