My First Million
Podcast Notes Key Takeaways * MrBeast wants to “win” in business more than he wants to “make money” in business + He only wants to make money so that he can reinvest and grow his business * “I just want to make the greatest YouTube videos possible. That’s literally all I want.” – MrBeast * MrBeast on how he likes to work: “Wake up, obsess over something, go to bed. Wake up, obsess, go to bed. Like every second of the day until I have a mental breakdown and burn out and then I take a day off or maybe a day and a half and then go right back to it.” * “I like to find people who are the best in the goddamn world at their job and then empower them and give them money.” – MrBeast * Constantly consume a diverse set of information to spark creativity + MrBeast pays three people to discover obscure things and then teach him about those topics * Prior to his success, MrBeast’s obsession with YouTube was perceived as a negative quality, but now his obsession is celebrated * MrBeast spends about $1.5 million to create each video
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Episode 352: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sit down with YouTube sensation MrBeast, and award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to talk about obsession, how to win, finding your creativity, measuring success, how to run a company... and more.
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Show Notes:
(02:45) - What Hassan and MrBeast think of each other
(03:25) - How do you measure success?
(12:15) - How do you run your company?
(19:20) - Doing good while getting attention
(22:25) - Fitting in vs standing out
(25:55) - What are you trying to figure out?
Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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