My First Million

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Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Grant Lafontaine ( https://x.com/GrantLaFontaine ) the founder of Whatnot. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment

(2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot

(3:58) First 1,000 users

(19:07) Black hat growth tactics

(28:52) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1

(34:03) $2.3M to $163M in year 2

(34:56) $163M to $1B in year 3

(37:02) How to be a billion-dollar founder

(42:04) Going all the way deep on a single problem

(45:44) Don’t let people use fancy language

(49:48) Being disagreeable but likable

(50:43) The reason I left Facebook

(53:39) “If you think you’re moving fast, you’re probably not”

(54:13) Trends: NeeDohs, squishies, gold bars

(56:21) 9-figure sellers

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Links:

• Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach: https://clickhubspot.com/edlv

Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) get coached by Joe Hudson ( https://x.com/FU_joehudson ) on the mental game of being a founder. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:35) Limiting beliefs

(6:48) Mind, heart, gut

(8:20) The self-reliance pattern

(14:45) Unkink your hose

(16:35) Phrases that change your thinking

(18:20) Visualize the negative outcomes

(21:35) Most common fear of founders: homelessness

(23:45) Tricking your nervous system with repetition

(27:35) Avoiding conflict

(32:40) How to address conflict

(38:35) Abusive self-talk patterns

(42:45) Is this stuff worth doing?

(50:40) Experiments to try this week

(54:45) Why bliss destroys you

(59:35) Finding your billion-dollar purpose

(1:01:00) What's the Illuminati like in person?

(1:04:00) How Joe got here

(1:22:00) Where you click matters

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Links:

• The Art of Accomplishment - https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/ 

• Descartes’ Error - https://a.co/d/0j1JxxLC 

• Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - https://a.co/d/0apYnAGF 

• The Inner Game of Tennis - https://a.co/d/0hy9hBRa 

• Listen - https://a.co/d/0gzKTFBy 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Shaan's guide on how to build an audience: https://clickhubspot.com/tjsv

Episode 862: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) teaches what it takes to build an audience in 18 minutes. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Lesson 1: Who, not how many

(2:28) Lesson 2: What should I talk about?

(5:03) Lesson 3: Learn the 5 Ds

(7:12) Lesson 4: OK this is getting long. But you’re still here. Weird, right

(7:55) Lesson 5: Don't worry about writing style or production quality

(9:08) Lesson 6: Create a binge bank

(10:03) Lesson 7: Feeling, not information

(12:05) Lesson 8: “Be so good they can’t ignore you”

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Links:

• My blog post - https://www.shaanpuri.com/essays/i-got-internet-famouse-if-i-started-again-from-scratch-heres-what-id-do-this-time 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/pnlv

Episode 861: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with David Rubenstein ( https://x.com/DM_Rubenstein ) to talk about turning Carlyle into $500B, his $14B miss, and the greatest business lessons in history. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Turning $5M into $500B

(5:13) Scrappy private equity

(11:58) Don’t fool yourself

(14:14) Turning down 20% of Amazon

(16:23) Recruiting big shots

(20:40) Finding the right partner

(22:02) Trade-offs

(27:39) Witnessing ascents to power

(31:40) The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

(33:37) History that repeats itself

(35:49) Recommended Reading

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Links:

• Carlyl - https://www.carlyle.com/ 

• David’s books - https://www.davidrubenstein.com/books/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/pdnb

Episode 860: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) chop it up with skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:20) Meeting Tony in Ethiopia

(3:42) Economics of skate parks

(12:38) The price of greatness 

(17:54) Scraping by

(26:33) The 900

(35:16) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 

(52:20) Investing

(58:53) Influencing on internet culture

(1:03:47) Aging skaters

(1:08:07) Tickets 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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$1M+ problems worth solving (90+ business ideas): https://clickhubspot.com/phfl

Episode 859: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talks to Danny Yeung ( https://x.com/DannyYeung_ ) about how he built a $200M business in 18 months. 

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Links:

• IM8 - https://im8health.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/lrgo

Episode 858: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the weird ways people go all in on strange hobbies and make millions doing it. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:24) scent social club

(1:54) Museum hacks

(16:34) Mafia tours

(21:39) Dolly Parton--Honorary Billy of The Week

(45:04) LeBron James's brilliant business move

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Links:

• Scent Social Club - https://www.scentsocialclub.com/ 

• We Don’t Sell Saddles Here - https://medium.com/@stewart/we-dont-sell-saddles-here-4c59524d650d 

• Equine Network - https://equinenetwork.com/ 

• Museum Hack - https://museumhack.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Get Sam and Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epmw

Episode 857: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the extreme behaviors of the most legendary CEOs. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) CEO Moves

(2:49) Move 1: Option Drop

(10:39) Move 2: Friction Removal Service

(12:55) Move 3: 1-bit communication

(19:35) Move 4: Single-tasking

(23:18) Move 5: Continuous culling 

(26:05) Move 6: Reward failure

(27:06) Move 7: Clone yourself

(30:18) Alternative: Give up on greatness (also fine)

(35:59) Just be great

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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How Wade uses AI (steal his prompts): https://clickhubspot.com/efcd

Episode 856: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Wade Foster ( https://x.com/wadefoster ) about how he uses AI to save himself hours of work every day.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) intro

(2:27) The sales pitch 

(7:04) My Robot Executive Staff, Waking Up Like The President

(14:13) Evening brief

(17:39) AI that argues with you

(19:32) War Council skill

(31:53) How to use AI to hire better

(48:15) being a billionaire before 40

(51:17) a case for not having a chip on your shoulder

(54:36) 1-dimensional winners

(1:00:55) recommended reading

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Links:

• Zapier - https://zapier.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elkv

Episode 855: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Allison Ellsworth, the founder of Poppi.  

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Links:

• Poppi - https://drinkpoppi.com/ 

• Josie Rushing - https://josiesrushing.com/ 

• Orion - https://orionsleep.com/ 

• Nello - https://drinknello.com/ 

• Preston Lane - https://www.onprestonlane.com/ 

• Blue Land - https://www.blueland.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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30+ unsexy business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/dwtb

Episode 854: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Rishi Talati, Hot Plate

(20:10) Ajay Mehta, Tolan

(39:53) Jonathan Baer, Overlap

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Links:

• Hot Plate - https://www.hotplate.com/ 

• Tolan - https://www.tolans.com/ 

• Overlap - https://overlap.ai/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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30+ blue-collar business ideas: https://clickhubspot.com/refn

Episode 853: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Nick Haschka, OnPoint Generators

(17:39) Kevin Moyer, Smash My Trash

(36:54) Noam Eisenberg, TMJaw

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Links:

• OnPoint Generators - https://onpointgen.com/ 

• Smash My Trash - https://howitworks.smashmytrash.com/ 

• Your TMJ Pen - https://yourtmj.com/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkst

Episode 852: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) ask 3 founders to tell them the juiciest number behind their businesses and get advice live. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:31) Raav Gupta, Posha

(20:03) Nick Saltarelli, Mid-Day Squares

(39:48) Shreyas Parab, DayDream Dental

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Links:

• Posha - https://www.posha.com/ 

• Mid-Day Squares - https://www.middaysquares.com/ 

• DayDream Dental - https://www.daydream.dental/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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Sam's database on how long it takes to become a millionaire: https://clickhubspot.com/elft

Episode 851: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Brett Adcock ( https://x.com/adcock_brett ), the founder of Figure.ai.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:29) Hark, a human in a box

(8:00) zero constraints

(17:32) rapid prototyping

(21:38) What are the robots doing?

(23:45) what about the hype is real?

(27:54) finding the best people

(30:14) $20M dollar salaries for engineers

(32:03) How Zuck is buying his way into AI

(35:44) Auditing Brett's 2026 predictions

(42:33) reducing your buckets

(44:00) show us your home screen

(46:17) hitting rock bottom 3x

(57:22) who inspires Brett

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Links:

• Hark - https://hark.com/ 

• Cover - https://www.cover.ai/ 

• Figure - https://www.figure.ai/ 

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC

• I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out:

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My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

140+ real business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/pkce

Episode 850: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about massive businesses hidden in plain sight. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The wild economics of lab testing on monkeys

(11:01) Salad oil crisis

(15:35) the art of noticing 

(24:38) enthusiasm

(27:39) know thy 8-year old self

(32:32) be shameless

(37:08) Sam goes to SF for 7 days

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Links:

• Qoves - https://www.qoves.com/ 

• Charles River - https://www.criver.com/ 

• How To Do Great Work - https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/erhy

Episode 849: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ), Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and their producer Arie brainstorm 9 business ideas that are genius.  

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:07) IDEA 1: Reverse vacations

(6:03) IDEA 2: Rap battle + UFC fight

(13:18) IDEA 3: Giant claw machine

(20:39) IDEA 4: Butter dispenser

(27:32) IDEA 5: beepers for kids

(35:35) IDEA 6: Mexican Benihana

(40:01) IDEA 7: bulk custom gifts

(44:10) IDEA 8: Slop Stop

(49:06) IDEA 9: Take your roommate to work day

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Episode 848: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the 7 rules of sales, Bernard Arnault’s revenge letter, plus the economics of Magic: The Gathering.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) highest value comment from HackerNews

(2:50) always bring 2 diet cokes to a negotiation

(7:36) Saving lives as a service

(17:24) Bernard Arnaults revenge letter

(25:29) The business of Magic: The Gathering

(41:58) Bryan Johnson, The Dana White of Longevity

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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Episode 847: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about dynastic wealth creation. 

If you'd like to support Ben Wilson's treatment, he has a GoFundMe - https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ben-fight-cancer-support-his-treatment

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Shaan gets invited to graduation

(2:19) The richest man in Italy

(16:09) The golden window

(26:51) meeting an xtreme multi-billionaire

(36:04) An update about Ben WIlson

(42:52) achieving greatness vs being great

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

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Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/pfkv

Episode 846: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chris Camillo ( https://x.com/ChrisCamillo ) about the 5 trades he’s betting on in 2026.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Social Arbitrage

(6:29) Needohs

(20:16) Nerd culture

(27:06) Information asymmetry

(46:30) Amazon

(1:02:21) Podcasting

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Links:

• Dumb Money Live - https://www.youtube.com/DumbMoneyLive 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/tkwc

Episode 845: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to marketing legend Rory Sutherland ( https://x.com/rorysutherland ).

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro 

(1:44) Horsepower

(12:15) Reverse benchmarking

(17:38) Pay attention to what irritates you

(21:47) Ogilvy secrets

(27:28) Marketing hacks used by Apple, UBER, McDonald's

(36:35) direct response marketing 101

(1:08:50) Recommended reading

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Links:

• Alchemy - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01F1HOAWA 

• Illusion of Choice - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0857199749 

• Nassim Taleb books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/author/B000APVZ7W 

• Ogilvy on Advertising - https://www.amazon.com/dp/039472903X 

• Writing That Works - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060956437 

• When More Is Not Better - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647820065 

• Scientific Advertising - https://a.co/d/0ixEJA1B 

• The Choice Factory - https://a.co/d/0ixa769O 

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Episode 844: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how one of the richest families in America makes its money. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) The Cargill family

(13:15) projects vs empires

(15:00) family meetings create family dynasties

(22:55) Jevon's paradox

(29:00) the story of Luddites

(39:19) Where's the opportunity

(49:00) the phrases we tell ourselves

(52:00) The ice king

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Links:

• The Medici effect - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591391865 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Blue-Collar Business Ideas Database: https://clickhubspot.com/rvko

Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) spends the day with Mark O’Brien ( https://www.instagram.com/themarkobrienteam ) to see what it’s like to be a blue collar millionaire. 

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Links 

Mark O’Brien - https://buildmeabrownstone.com/

—

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Ray Dalio's rules for building wealth: https://clickhubspot.com/rgsk

Episode 842: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sit down with Ray Dalio ( https://x.com/RayDalio ) to talk about the holy grail of investing strategies.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:49) Hitting rock bottom

(8:28) Personality traits of the 1%

(14:22) Partnerships that win

(18:25) Pain + Reflection = Progress

(23:30) What’s the money for anyway?

(26:26) Principles

(28:41) Ray’s hiring philosophy

(30:43) Being a caddy

(35:16) Mistakes smart investors make

(37:01) What Ray spends his money on

(39:13) Aliens

(41:00) The 5 Big Forces

(46:35) Investing in Gold and Bubble Mechanics

(52:55) How Bridgewater became the biggest hedge fund

(55:40) The gap between the best and everyone else

(59:26) The 1 Big Takeaway

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Links:

• Ray’s Personality Test - https://principlesyou.com/ 

• Bridgewater Associates - https://www.bridgewater.com/ 

—

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Investing Guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epkr

Episode 841: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to legendary investor Howard Marks about AI and making decisions in the face of fear and uncertainty. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) AI Hurtles Ahead

(8:26) second level thinking

(10:21) investing through the end of the world

(14:47) raising $11B at a time of crisis

(17:54) investing with fear

(20:22) the key to a successful partnership

(25:01) being a good father

(27:37) only 1 success: to live your life your way

(34:17) Having lunch with Warren Buffett

(37:18) What people don't know about Buffett

(39:37) cigar butt investing

(41:35) recommended reading

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Links:

• AI Hurtles Ahead - https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/ai-hurtles-ahead 

• A Short History of Financial Euphoria - https://www.amazon.com/History-Financial-Euphoria-Penguin-Business/dp/0140238565 

• Fooled by Randomness - https://www.amazon.com/Fooled-Randomness-Hidden-Markets-Incerto/dp/0812975219 

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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140+ Business Ideas (Database): https://clickhubspot.com/efdj

Episode 840: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Mark Pincus ( https://x.com/markpinc ) about figuring out what projects to spend your life on. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) $0- $38M in 7 months

(3:00) if you pick the right body of water, you don't have to have the right boat

(16:51) pattern matching 

(23:17) there's always a new freak

(25:00) picking macros

(27:48) a case for gold

(39:50) How to know what to chase

(49:12) create a book of life

(59:59) Frameworks vs instincts

(1:09:00) being hated and misunderstood

(1:11:13) the story of farmville

(1:15:00) avoiding the fur coat moment

(1:19:49) the nickelback problem

(1:22:02) introspection vs rumination

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Links:

• Life At The Speed of Play - https://www.amazon.com/Life-Speed-Play-Launch-Products/dp/0063352575 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Sam's guide to run your life like a $100M business: https://clickhubspot.com/krhd

Episode 839: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about everything Shaan learned from his NYC trip. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Lesson: Proximity

(9:11) Lesson: What does it really mean?

(23:04) Lesson: Trust

(18:53) Lesson: City Brands

(33:39) Lesson: Marketing

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Links:

• Ben Wilson’s GoFundMe - https://t.co/kJN7pArRIO 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Get Sam and Shaan's hard-won CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/ktng

Episode 838: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Aaron Levie ( https://x.com/levie ) talk about building Box, getting rich slowly, why AI might make us work harder.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Story of Box

(06:30) Enterprise Over Consumer

(10:00) Turning Down Huge Acquisition Offers

(17:05) Angel Investing, Missed Bets, and Investing in Your P&L

(23:00) Aaron’s Contrarian AI Takes: More Jobs, More Work

(30:00) Founder Anxiety, Therapy, and Surviving the CEO Grind

(38:45) The Business Strategy Books Aaron Swears By

(48:00) AI Tools, Software Stocks, and Why SaaS Isn’t Dead

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Links:

• Box - https://www.box.com/ 

—

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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Business Idea Database: https://clickhubspot.com/ecat

Episode 837: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) bring in 3 founders with weird businesses making $10M, $20M, and $30M. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:32) Alex Daniels, $10M real estate magazine

(20:31) Josh Weissenstein, $20M camp ground business

(38:36) The $1.8B App Copying Politicians & Hedge Funds

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Links:

• Haven Lifestyles - https://www.havenlifestyles.com/ 

• Team Outsider - https://www.teamoutsider.com/ 

• Autopilot - https://www.joinautopilot.com/ 

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm

—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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*20+ hours of investing wisdom:* https://clickhubspot.com/cbah

Episode 836: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into millions, plus Nick Sleep’s investing genius. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) fringe creators

(13:14) Nick Sleep's shared economies of scale

(24:41) lloyd blanfein's personal finances

(31:14) David Rubenstein, the man

(39:09) Nat Turner's crazy new business

(50:13) a brief masterclass in valuing denim

—

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—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

• Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury for banking across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/ 

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*Sam’s guide to run your life like a $100M business:* https://clickhubspot.com/dfbn

Episode 835: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about people who have turned their lifestyles into a business.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) escape aesthetics

(4:06) putting the life in lifestyle

(17:28) Law 25: Recreate Yourself

(20:20) Your word is your wand

(25:06) unclear words, unclear thinking

(27:24) America amazes world cup tourists

(33:43) the game of more

(49:07) no hedging

—

Links:

• Your Word Is Your Wand - https://a.co/d/05683tU7 

• The 48 Laws of Power - https://a.co/d/0ghzjpKk 

—

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—

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

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