#165: The Canvas Strategy -- What Ben Franklin and Bill Belichick Have in Common

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Hello, boys and girls. This is Tim Ferris, and welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris Show. I'm sitting outside on a beautiful summer day, listening to the birds. And my job is usually to deconstruct world-class performers, to tease out the routines, habits, and so on that you can use from people at the top of whatever field they happen to be a part of. Military, entertainment, politics, chess, athletics, you name it. In this particular episode, I'm going to share an overarching strategy that has been used by many of the greats. That includes Ben Franklin, it includes legendary NFL coach, Bill Belichick, and many, many more.

It is also how I built my network, how my first book hit the tipping point, how I became successful angel investing, and the list goes on. Of course, if you're interested in the networking part of it, you can also read a blog post and listen to an episode titled, How to Build a World-Class Network in Record Time, but that is additional credit. This time we're going to talk about the Canvas Strategy.