“If somebody asks you to do something six months from now, imagine that you have to do it tomorrow. If you wouldn't want to do it tomorrow, say no.”
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“I used to call it the desert Island test, which is if you could do it on a desert Island and nobody would know about it, would you still do it?”
SOLVED with Mark Manson · Failure, Solved
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Uses the "desert island test" - ask if you would still do something on a deserted island with no audience - to spot external motivation
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