Beauty of Saying NO
I am not a really successful person and also I am not a super rich just like him for sure. But I sense what he is trying to imply in the word of 'say no to almost everything'. Then the next obvious question would be how I am entitled to have something(freedom, margin and whatever maybe called) like this in spite of all deficiency that I have. Because I am willing to abandon whatever deemed unattainable in my possession. In that way, I could reach a moment I feel comfortable with saying no whenever I choose to. In the long run, it would be a very fair trade between myself and all things outside.
I know it is not realistic and not recommendable for most people, but somehow I could manage to handle with this kind of situation. In that sense with a micro scope glasses, I am glad to say something like this.
'No Pain. No Gain' is a simply aphorism that people usually do the other way around.