Last night I took two of my daughters to see
King Kong on Broadway, and Adam Sandler was in the audience.
(A few months ago Bruce Willis sat in front of me at a NYC concert on the Jethro Tull 50th anniversary tour; I wrote to you about that at the time.)
Several people essentially forced him into selfies by shoving cell phones into his face. I told Elizabeth, my 8-year-old: never do anything like that. She instantly agreed.
And when the show was over, people just would not leave the guy alone.
He finally said, "Sorry, guys; I'm just trying to get my kid to the bathroom."
In other words: knock it off, stop being juvenile, and let me be a dad.
Good for him: he said no.
Saying no was a breakthrough for me. I generally want to please people, so I used to say yes to virtually everything: writing an article, giving a speech, reviewing someone's book manuscript, whatever.
That had to stop.
But there's much more than that to reclaiming your time and your life.
If I can save you 60 to 90 minutes per day, I am in effect giving you more life.
And I assuredly can -- I lay it all out in my latest bonus.
What would you do if you had that extra time?
Isn't it fun just thinking about it?
But don't just think about it. Do it:
(This bonus is being withdrawn tomorrow night.)
Tom Woods