How to Say No

Elizabeth Gilbert’s Amazing Creative Toolkit: Saying No, Trusting Intuition, Seeking Awe, Bathing in Grief, and Index Cards | Brought to you by Thrive Market and Athletic Greens. More on both below. “We live in a culture that says you should be able to power through anything. Life will very generously remind you that you cannot, and it will very generously break you at times and very generously show you.”—Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert(@GilbertLiz) is the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofBig MagicandEat, Pray, Love, as well as several other internationally bestselling books. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award. Her latest novel,City of Girls, was named an instantNew York TimesBest Seller and is a rollicking, sexy tale of the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you byThrive Market,which saves me a ton of money and is perfect for these cr...

Seth Godin(@thisissethsblog,seths.blog) is the author of 18 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He was inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame in 2013 and has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. Hisblog(which you can find by typing “Seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. Seth writes about marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, the way ideas spread, and challenging the status quo in all areas. His books includeLinchpin,Tribes,The Dip, andPurple Cow, among others, and Seth’s newest book isThis Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See. You can find out more atseths.blog/tim (tim =This Is Marketing, not my name), where you will also find a free PDF excerpt from the book and related videos. Last but not least, Seth is the founder of the altMBA, an intense four-week online leadership and management workshop. Find out more ataltmba.com. In this episode, we explore many topics, inc...

This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show showcases two chapters from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown), one of my favorite books of the past few years. The first chapter explains how to say "no" gracefully (and why most of us have trouble doing this in the first place), and the second one gives us ways to cut our losses and uncommit in the aftermath of a premature "yes." This should help you shorten your to-do list and lengthen your not-to-do list. Enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Four Sigmatic. While I often praise this company's lion's mane mushroom coffee for a minimal caffeine wakeup call that lasts, I asked the founders if they could help me—someone who's struggled with insomnia for decades—sleep. Their answer: Reishi Mushroom Elixir. They made a special batch for me and my listeners that comes without sweetener; you can try it at bedtime with a little honey or nut milk, or you can just add hot water to your single-serving pac...

Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose), rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. In this one we discuss Japanese whisky, domestic speakeasies, wooden saddles, the rebooting power of Anthony de Mello's Awareness, poetry, the art of surrender and letting go, mushroom cultivation in the Pacific Northwest, fasting, learning to say no, and much more! This podcast is brought to you by 99designs, the global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. Its creative process has become the go-to solution for businesses, agencies, and individuals, and I have used it for years to help with display advertising and illustrations and to rapid prototype the cover for The Tao of Seneca. Whether your business needs a logo, website design, business card, or anything you can imagine, check out 99designs. You can work with multiple desig...