“If the potential damage is moderate or in any way reversible, don't give people the chance to say no. Most people are fast to stop you before you get started but hesitant to get in the way if you're moving. Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up.”

—  Timothy Ferriss, book The 4-Hour Workweek

The 4-Hour Workweek (2007)

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