
#99: always ask

Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.
People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching a... See more
People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching a... See more
blog.samaltman.com • How to Be Successful
Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
“You have not because you ask not.” And the Bible adds “because you work not.”