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Everything I've ever read from this guy makes him look like an asshole. At first you think it makes sense, then you think about it for a moment and you realize

Everything I've ever read from this guy makes him look like an asshole. At first you think it makes sense, then you think about it for a moment and you realize that it isn't a good idea. Paying extra is not the solution. Doing something while you wait may be one. But I doubt 30 to 60 minutes a week is really worth paying anything extra. Stay up 5 or 10 minutes later every week and you make up your "time saved by paying" except for free. Plus the 5 minutes really won't mess with your sleep pattern. I remember the last post I read where he called his entire staff a bunch of jokers, tried to make a point about being exceptional, and made everyone involved look like jokers anyway. I think this guy might do this stuff on purpose. It really gets people talking and you know they say any press is good press.

lionhearted 15y ago
I like this feedback, this is good. Just two things I'd clarify - > Everything I've ever read from this guy makes him look like an asshole. I have like zero regard for traditional social decorum. I rub a lot of people the wrong way. But I'm also the guy that actually goes to bat for people when they crash, when times are tough, when something needs to get done. I've taken a lot of people out of the low point of their lives and built them up, and everyone around me does pretty well across the board - fun, work, wealth, social lives, experiences, getting out of the comfort zone, etc. > But I doubt 30 to 60 minutes a week is really worth paying anything extra. Depends on your goals in life. Most people would dislike my pace, but I get an immense amount done. Much of what I do has no direct gain for myself, it's just making the world more into the kind of world I think we ought to live in. 30 to 60 minutes is coming directly out of my reading or charity time if I wait around. Cutting sleep isn't the answer - I'm already slightly sleep deprivated; if anything, I need to sleep more to get to sustainable levels. Anyways. Am I an asshole? Maybe. My feelings aren't hurt if you think so. But moving fast, being demanding, not pussyfooting around -- it has drawbacks, but leads to immensely more ability to do good big things in the world.
- billpatrianakos 15y ago
  I think you are an asshole. But I can respect that. Honestly, being an asshole doesn't mean you can't be a perfectly likeable, great person. I'm willing to bet you're one of those guys who people say "you'd like him once you get to know him". What I like about your style is that you might come off at first as trying too hard. Trying for what? Some might say superiority, maybe to gain attention, maybe even love. But then when you get backlash you still defend your points to the end. A lot of people say they don't care what others say about them but I honestly think you're the real deal. I don't know how you did it but you just mindfucked me into liking you from thinking you were a dick. Bravo, man.

lionhearted 15y ago

I like this feedback, this is good. Just two things I'd clarify - > Everything I've ever read from this guy makes him look like an asshole. I have like zero regard for traditional social decorum. I rub a lot of people the wrong way. But I'm also the guy that actually goes to bat for people when they crash, when times are tough, when something needs to get done. I've taken a lot of people out of the low point of their lives and built them up, and everyone around me does pretty well across the board - fun, work, wealth, social lives, experiences, getting out of the comfort zone, etc. > But I doubt 30 to 60 minutes a week is really worth paying anything extra. Depends on your goals in life. Most people would dislike my pace, but I get an immense amount done. Much of what I do has no direct gain for myself, it's just making the world more into the kind of world I think we ought to live in. 30 to 60 minutes is coming directly out of my reading or charity time if I wait around. Cutting sleep isn't the answer - I'm already slightly sleep deprivated; if anything, I need to sleep more to get to sustainable levels. Anyways. Am I an asshole? Maybe. My feelings aren't hurt if you think so. But moving fast, being demanding, not pussyfooting around -- it has drawbacks, but leads to immensely more ability to do good big things in the world.

billpatrianakos 15y ago
I think you are an asshole. But I can respect that. Honestly, being an asshole doesn't mean you can't be a perfectly likeable, great person. I'm willing to bet you're one of those guys who people say "you'd like him once you get to know him". What I like about your style is that you might come off at first as trying too hard. Trying for what? Some might say superiority, maybe to gain attention, maybe even love. But then when you get backlash you still defend your points to the end. A lot of people say they don't care what others say about them but I honestly think you're the real deal. I don't know how you did it but you just mindfucked me into liking you from thinking you were a dick. Bravo, man.