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#206: Testing the "Impossible": 17 Questions That Changed My Life

The Tim Ferriss Show

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What if I Don't Spend a Silly Sum of Money on How Might I Scratch My Own Idle?

In late 2000 early 2001 I saw the writing on the wall the startup that I worked for was going to implode like pretty much everyone else in Silicon Valley and tech at the time rounds of layoffs started. What do I spend a silly amount of money on how might I scratch my own itch this came right after the last so  I decided to take a Thursday and Friday to make sales calls only from 7 to 8 30 a.m. and then from 6 to 7 30 p.m. It worked like gangbusters it was a huge huge step function up for me and changed everythingThe big boss my target often picked up the phone directly and I began doing more experiments along these lines because

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