Good point, but actually, to you, your time is more important than everyone else's. You need to put yourself first.

When the oxygen mask falls from the ceiling of the airplane you're instructed to put yours on before helping others. You're not going to be helping anyone if you pass out.

And by the way, both you and Arnold Schwarzenegger are human beings and able to have some of the same experiences. Putting yourself down is not helpful.

Arnold Schwarzenegger can afford to lose a job, and his personal productivity can't make or break his ability to pay this month's mortgage.

You have to be willing to work with people, and you have to work with more powerful people on their terms.

No, I'm saying if my boss tells me to be at a meeting everyday at 10 and I'm not there for 2 weeks I'm probably going to get fired.

Punctuality is overrated in general, and especially in software. Most meetings are a waste of time because no decision is made in them.

Wearing pants are overrated in general and a waste of time as well, but I'd be in trouble for forgetting them when going into the office as well.

One day we may need to call a meeting that no one thinks is worth their attention. There's plenty of hoops that one must work through in one's day to day that we just have to put up if we want to keep the business moving.

> Most meetings are a waste of time because no decision is made in them.

Most meetings are a waste of time, true.

No decisions are made in most meetings, also true.

But the former is not caused by the latter; making decisions isn't the only productive reason to have a meeting.

Where did that come from?

"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome."

-Arthur Ashe

The thing is that burnout among therapists is real, everyone I know who worked in counseling came with lots of, how shall I put it?, infatuation, enchantment and everybody got severely disenchanted at some point.

So until the author has worked for a couple of years in the field, he comes off as a little bit... naive. I don't mean to come off as condescending, I hope he finds happiness in his new profession.

On tuesday, I aspired to be a carpenter. On wednesday, I went to my dayjob.

David Mackler is for me the Edward Snowden of the psychotherapy, he burned out as hell of it and dedicates his youtube channel to tell it and teaches how therapy works these days "How to Be a Successful BAD THERAPIST" is great, also talks a lot about childhood traumas and other interesting topics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVuGPT6QBEc

But the "doing" of being a therapist is actually seeing patients! Get out of here with your motivational poster level wisdom.

Good for Aurthur, but that's not how the world views success, and rightfully so.

Plenty of people have suggested books, etc., and have given you advice. Get the books. Test the advice.

If you want to get good at sales, go back and read Altman's post again (http://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful). Start with the section you asked about:

4. Get good at "sales"

Notice Altman puts the word "sales" in quotation marks. That means there are other words and terms that you could put in there to increase your understanding. Here are some that he uses: Convincing others, evangelizing, communicating, and believing in what you're selling. Can you come up with some more?

Now ask yourself, for example, "How can I get better at convincing others of what I believe?" What way could you practice convincing someone of something you believed? What would it feel like to convince someone of something you believed? Can you picture what it would look like to be in that situation? What would you need to hear from someone to know they were convinced? Is there any time in your life that you have convinced someone of something that you believed? (Imagine a small child convincing an adult that they believed someone they knew was in danger and you'll realize that a child in this situation knows everything they need to know about "selling.")

Repeat this process with each term. "How can I get better at evangelizing?" "How can I get better at communicating?" (Here he provides some more tips: "Is my thinking clear?" "Am I using plain, concise language?") "How can I get better at believing in what I'm selling?" (Would you buy what you're selling? Have you? Take your reward out of the picture, and find someone who needs what you are selling, and give it to them.) Try with some other terms that you come up with, e.g. connecting with others, understanding the customer's needs, serving the customer, etc..

Brainstorm every answer. The most important thing is that you take Altman's advice and "Show up in person." Test each idea in person, face to face. Engineer situations where you can test your ideas, collect data, and determine what works.

Your problem is not a lack of information. Reading another book is another way to avoid taking action. What you need is imagination, commitment, and a willingness to try everything until you find something that works.

Be patient with yourself. This is a process. It could be a lifetime journey. Enjoy it.