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Sep 2023
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Buffett’s Money Wisdom, Galloway’s $100M...

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Episode 493: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/thesamparr) cover everything from the power of charisma in politics to the allure of unconventional ventures and investments. Tune in as they dive into the significance of re-reading books + uncovering the stories embedded in our own lives and breakdown Paperscraper — a tool with big potential that can be copied and pasted in a number of industries.


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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Try Shepherd Out - https://www.supportshepherd.com/

• Shaan's Personal Assistant System - http://shaanpuri.com/remoteassistant

• Power Writing Course - https://maven.com/generalist/writing

• Small Boy Newsletter - https://smallboy.co/

• Daily Newsletter - https://www.shaanpuri.com/


Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com/

Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(0:40) Scott Galloway’s personal finances

(2:45) Why big financial wins are rarely from your main thing

(9:14) Crazy stories about Warren Buffet

(18:10) Takeaways from listening to Founders podcast w/ David Senra

(30:16) Why people prefer complexity over simplicity

(35:21) Everyone’s looking for a magic pill

(42:50) Create a TV show to find our next president

(1:06:11) Paperscrapper

(1:11:29) Sam could’ve been a Youtuber

Links:

• Tony Robbins vid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONTbIlCtKM

• Scott Galloway's Personal FInance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQ4agvOvTI

• Founders Podcast episode - https://tinyurl.com/zzc3d96f

• Seth Bannon Tweet - https://twitter.com/sethbannon/status/1676683104986218502?s=20


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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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