I got through the first chapter of "The 4-hour Workweek". Timothy Ferriss writes that when he goes to Princeton that he challenges his guests to try to find and contact a list of celebrities to see if they can get a response. What he finds is that when they actually try, they actually do get responses. He found that most people however don't even try. He was fascinated, but also saddened by it. The excuses were terrible, especially from Ivy league students.
I'm going to try this experiment. I'm not an Ivy league student, but maybe it's better that I'm not. A student at Princeton is someone who has always done what they were supposed to do. This isn't something that I'm, "supposed to do" but it's something that I can do so that I can see if it can be done.
I'm going to start with social media posts, then move on to email, and finally paper letters. I'm going to make sure that I respect the person's privacy so I won't do anything like phone calls or showing up at their door etc, but a friendly letter or email seems harmless.
