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My First Million

We Got 100M Views In 12 Months, Here’s What We Learned

Dec 27, 2023

Reflecting on a year of impressive growth, the hosts share nine crucial lessons learned, including the importance of authenticity in content creation. They discuss the value of consistent effort over viral success and navigating discomfort in negotiations. The conversation dives into tax strategies for entrepreneurs and the complexity of maintaining social media fame without losing purpose. Finally, they highlight diverse paths to success, emotional well-being, and a light-hearted push for subscribing to keep the insights coming!

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Quick takeaways

Success can be achieved by intentionally choosing a game or path and playing it to the best of one's abilities.

There are many different paths and approaches to achieving success, challenging the notion that there is only one way to succeed.

Investing in real estate can lead to significant tax savings by leveraging deductions and offsetting active income with real estate losses.

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Choosing the Right Game and Playing it Well

The main idea is that success can be achieved by intentionally choosing a game or path and playing it to the best of one's abilities. This is exemplified by individuals who have found success in various fields, such as entrepreneurship, content creation, or niche industries. The focus is on the mindset of intentionally choosing a path and dedicating oneself to it, rather than following a predefined notion of success.

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Intro

2min

2.

Impressive Podcast Metrics and Creative Process Insights

2min

3.

Consistency vs. Viral Success in Podcasting

13min

4.

The True Value of Social Media Fame and Purpose

3min

5.

Navigating Negotiations and Tax Strategies

21min

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Humor, Copywriting, and Intentional Paths to Success

3min

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Exploring Diverse Paths to Success

14min

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Exploring Happiness and the Pursuit of Subscription

3min

Episode 535: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) look back at 2023 and the nine new philosophies they’ve picked up after 133 episodes of MFM.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(5:00) Shill without shame

(9:30) Base hits over home runs

(14:00) Question of the year: Like what?

(18:30) Get uncomfortable negotiating

(22:00) Real estate for tax savings

(26:30) Loose cannon, loose results

(31:00) Curate up market deal flow

(40:00) Choose the game; play the sh*t out of it

(46:00) You will always want more

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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

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/

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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• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future

• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto

• #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett

• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates

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