My First Million

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Episode 881: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Robert Greene about living a more meaningful life.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) People Are Suffering

(2:00) Everything Is Amazing and No One Is Happy

(10:45) Go Outside

(14:20) Feeling Flat

(18:00) The Immense and the Impossible

(29:35) Say Less Than Necessary

(30:05) Disappear

(35:30) Robert's AI Prediction

(40:55) Handwriting a 400-Page Book

(41:25) Surviving Near-Death Experiences

(49:20) Mythical Leaders

(59:10) Brimming With Confidence

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Links:

• The Law of the Sublime — Robert Greene (new book)https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634294/the-law-of-the-sublime-by-robert-greene/

• The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• Mastery — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• The Art of Seduction — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• The Laws of Human Nature — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• The 33 Strategies of War — Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• The 50th Law — 50 Cent & Robert Greenehttps://powerseductionandwar.com/books/

• The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World — Jonathan Freedlandhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-escape-artist-jonathan-freedland/1140945882

• Man's Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Franklhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/206272/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl/

• Dying to Live: Near-Death Experiences — Susan Blackmorehttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dying-to-Live/Susan-J-Blackmore/9780879758707/

• Everything Is Amazing and Nobody Is Happy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIGbZ6gq_Y

• Robert Greene's Official Website - https://powerseductionandwar.com/

• Robert Greene's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/robertgreeneofficial/



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Episode 880: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) break down the moats in AI.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Drugs and Miracles

(7:05) Food Is Technology

(8:45) Warfare

(12:40) Building Homes With Robots

(18:05) New Materials

(18:20) Full Self-Driving Everything

(19:10) Weather and Oceans

(19:25) Human Body Hardware

(25:30) Common Sense Politics

(33:05) Think About Your Career Like an Investor

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Links:

• Nitroduck: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/nitroduck

• Isomorphic Labs: https://www.isomorphiclabs.com/

• Ohalo: https://www.ohalo.com/

• Anduril: https://www.anduril.com/

• ZURU Tech: https://zurutech.com

• Neuralink: https://neuralink.com/

• Mark Pincus on My First Million: https://www.mfmpod.com/brainstorming-business-ideas-with-a-billion-dollar-founder/

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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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• 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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Unsexy business ideas database: https://clickhubspot.com/fpko

Episode 879: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk about businesses that non-technical people can still win at in the age of AI.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) NADA

(3:59) White Coat Investor

(5:03) BNI

(8:35) MODA

(11:12) Finding/Nurturing Whales

(15:50) Triumph

(21:43) Private Photo Vault

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Links:

• NADA - https://www.nada.org

• White Coat Investor - https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/

• BNI - https://www.bni.com/

• MODA - https://www.modacommunities.com/

• Triumph Labs - https://www.triumphlabs.com/rips

• Collector Crypt - https://collectorcrypt.com/

• Private Photo Vault - https://privatephotovault.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 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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Episode 878: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Bill Perkins ( https://x.com/bp22 ) about how to die with zero and never have a regret about it.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:55) How Bill made his money

(1:55) Price go up or price go down?

(3:45) Maximize risk when young

(5:15) The 3 edges of the greatest investors

(9:15) The name of the game is to stay in the game

(10:25) A decade of intensity

(12:20) No parties at 85

(13:00) Define your net worth peak

(18:15) Shaan reads an email to Bill

(19:25) The fear of a wasted life

(20:00) Crush your ego

(25:45) Set your cookie cutter life on fire

(26:10) Reprogramming your brain

(30:00) Rewrite for maximum accountability

(32:55) Seasons of balance

(34:25) Time buckets vs. bucket list

(37:15) Plan your year

(38:30) What Bill regrets right now

(41:05) Don't fuck your future self

(42:15) Die With Zero

(52:35) Playing the money game for fun

(54:05) What Bill spends his money on

(1:00:35) Spending $15M on a painting

(1:09:05) The art of Sylvester Stallone

(1:17:05) Bill's follow-up book

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Links:

• Die With Zero - https://diewithzerobook.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 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/tewg

Episode 877: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Ethan Evans about what it’s really like to work with Jeff Bezos.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(3:15) Criticism without praise

(5:15) The every-great-man flaw

(7:05) Attack mode

(11:45) “Sometimes all you need is a B”

(19:35) Question mark emails

(22:25) Strategically patient, but tactically impatient

(24:10) Work hard, long, and smart

(25:15) Where high-performers go to feel bad about themselves

(28:05) Ethan evaluates Shaan

(35:55) Project selection

(39:50) Waiting for fat pitches

(42:30) Jeff’s security detail

(45:50) The story of Amazon Prime

(47:55) Amazon's idea tool

(50:55) Good design vs. bad design

(54:15) The morality of Amazon

(56:15) Who Jeff studied

(31:35) Post-Amazon

(1:04:10) Streaming career advice on Twitch

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Links:

• https://www.ethanevans.com/about

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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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• 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 /