Billy

Billy's persuasion rule: if your intentions are good, it's all fair game

Shaan recounts a charismatic, legit operator named Billy whose rule on using persuasion was that intent is all that matters: if you're genuinely trying to help and deliver value, you should use every persuasion tool to the max.

“he goes, if your intentions are good, then it's all fair game. And so he was like, he was like, it all that matters is the intent. If you're trying to scam people, if you're trying to con people If you're trying to not deliver value, if you're trying to just get something that's a good situation for you and not for the other person, then you shouldn't be doing it.”