Tim Ferriss

No, no, I pay more and more and more attention to it.

But for decades, I was just like, yeah, look, like, emotions are a liability.

They can lead you astray.

And in excess, again, in excess, that's true.

But I would say, in terms of determining who I'm going to spend time with, it's like, if that person calls you, do you want to pick up the phone or not?

And if you're like, not now, maybe I'll get back to them.

That's not a small thing.

Like some of my friends are really good investors, call it the beer test.

And the beer test, it's really simple.

It's like, if you're walking around, like if you're walking outside in a mall and somebody, a founder you invested in is walking the other way, are you gonna do this?

Or are you gonna walk over and be like, hey man, so good to see you.

Hey, we should grab a beer.

Which one is it?

Because with, say, startup investing, and everybody should treat their relationship this way, but in startup investing, just to give a concrete example, it's like the biggest successes for me take seven to 12 years.

That is longer than most marriages.

And smart isn't good enough.

Hardworking isn't good enough.

You could have somebody with low integrity

who is very smart and very hardworking.

That is a dangerous person, right?