From Military Service to Media Success

Episode 632: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to John Allen ( https://x.com/MrBallen ) and Nick Witters ( https://x.com/themrwitters ), the minds behind MrBallen and Ballen Studios. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Being a creator on hard mode

(7:19) Slow is smooth and smooth is fast

(8:44) Being hit by a grenade in combat

(17:03) Elite Meet

(18:29) John's TikTok ideas bank

(21:42) The SEALs turn on John

(25:02) How telling 1 story launched MrBallen

(28:18) Getting unstuck

(35:02) Be rich or be a king?

(40:44) The North Star for Ballen

(44:00) 1 thing to be a better storyteller

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Links:

• MrBallen on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen

• MrBallen on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen

• Ballen Studios - https://ballenstudios.com/

• Elite Meet - https://elitemeetus.org/

• Dyaltov Pass TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mrballen/video/6799049964937809157

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

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

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

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd

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