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57: Saying No

Time and Attention

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What Do You Say No To?

I have something like this too where on my desk I actually have a little post-it note that says your goal is to get a PhD and that's a kind of constant reminder. This is a pattern that repeats in a lot of folks that might be considered by traditional measures a highly quote unquote successful person. We look at the fact that Yo-Yo Ma has said yes to playing the cello for a number of years. But in saying yes to that, he's probably said no to a lot of soccer games and a lot of sports probably. Maybe he was even invited to play the tube at one point. Could have been a prolific tube of player. You don't know.

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