Laird Hamilton, the big wave surfer and entrepreneur, discusses his well-rounded approach to life, the story behind launching Laird Superfood, his thoughts on Bryan Johnson's longevity protocol, and his training regimen. He also shares his vices and book recommendations.

Shaan Puri and Sam Parr talk about a questionable newsletter growth hack, the rise of Bobbi Althoff, chaotic singles parties, and 'Date Me Docs'. They also discuss things our grandkids will find insane and the greatest copywriting scam ever written.

Learn about the speaker's approach to networking effectively, including debunking common myths and outlining a five-part process. Discover the benefits and challenges of connecting members of your network with each other. Learn the five part process to networking effectively, including having an abundance mindset, putting in the work, finding common ground, and treating networking as a courtship rather than a transaction.

Entrepreneur Shaan Puri tells Sam Parr about his wild trip to LA, the difference between LA and SF obnoxiousness, the underrated Number 2 Guy Network, and how Bucked Up scaled to $250M/yr. They also talk about an NBA player's 'cheating agreement' with his wife and a rich person who donated +$10M to a high school.

Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discuss the concept of one-chart businesses and the opportunities they present. They also talk about Covet & Mane's success in the beauty-care industry and the side hustle of being a lice specialist. The hosts share insights on applying a micro-hustle mentality in everyday life. Other topics include the direct to stylist model, unique side hustles, and a frustrating locksmith experience. They also mention a cool AI tool and their experience running a New Year's disco frisco taxi.

Shaan Puri, an expert in asking better questions, shares valuable insights on how asking the right questions can lead to better answers in business and life. Topics covered include small talk questions, work-related questions, self-talk questions, and techniques for meaningful conversations, decision-making, and self-reflection.

Episode 479: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answers listener questions in this special Q&A episode. Learn how he researches & validates business ideas, what his hiring process looks like, how he’s managed to build huge, passionate communities, and much more.Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Check Out Sam's Stuff:• Hampton• Ideation Bootcamp• Copy ThatCheck Out Shaan's Stuff:• Try Shepherd• Shaan's Personal Assistant System• Power Writing Course• Daily Newsletter• Small Boy Newsletter—Show Notes:(00:00) Intro(00:40) How Sam Researches Business Ideas(9:45) Sam’s Health & Fitness Routine(14:55) When to Embrace Shiny Object Syndrome(19:00) How to be Interesting(26:20) Why Loyalty is Everything(28:45) How to Hire(33:30) How to Build Community(37:00) Tips to Start a Productized-service—Links:• Similarweb - https://www.similarweb.com/• Annual Reports - https://www.annualreports.com/ • Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house• Central Athlete - https://www.centralathlete.com/• MyBodyTutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/daily-coach/• ViralCuts - https://www.viralcuts.co/• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.—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.—Other episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #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• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Episode 478: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) shares 3 non-obvious books that have helped him become a better entrepreneur and the major takeaways from each that anyone can implement today.Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Check Out Shaan's Stuff:• Try Shepherd• Shaan's Personal Assistant System• Power Writing Course• Daily Newsletter• Small Boy NewsletterCheck Out Sam's Stuff:• Hampton• Ideation Bootcamp• Copy That-----Show Notes:(00:00) Intro(1:30) Book #1 - Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose(8:30) Book #2 - The Operator by Robert O'Neill(12:05) Book #3 - Titan by Ron Chernow------Links:• Undaunted Courage - https://shorturl.at/hBO24• The Operator - https://shorturl.at/noB14• Titan - https://shorturl.at/fltCSDo you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.------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.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #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• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Episode 477: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talk about how to make better decisions using Shaan’s Decision Register (download here: https://shorturl.at/jzIXY ), they discuss why most newsletters are destined to fail in the long-term and the importance of creating content for an audience of one — yourself.Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Check Out Sam's Stuff:• Hampton• Ideation Bootcamp• Copy ThatCheck Out Shaan's Stuff:• Try Shepherd• Shaan's Personal Assistant System• Power Writing Course• Daily Newsletter• Small Boy Newsletter-----Show Notes:(00:00) Intro(2:05) The Decision Register(10:55) Small Boy Newsletter Update(13:45) Why Most Newsletters Aren’t Valuable(1:15:00) The Power of Creating Content You Love------Links:• Shaan’s Decision Register: https://shorturl.at/jzIXY• Joe Rogan on Breaking Points: https://spoti.fi/3pZFmpN• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.------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.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #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• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Episode 476: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) and Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) dive into Sam’s +$10m Financial Portfolio, Shaan shares his philosophy around money and they both explore the psychological barrier of spending money once you finally have it.Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here.Check Out Sam's Stuff:• Hampton• Ideation Bootcamp• Copy ThatCheck Out Shaan's Stuff:• Try Shepherd• Shaan's Personal Assistant System• Power Writing Course• Daily Newsletter-----Show Notes:(0:00) Intro(3:00) Sam's Portfolio Review - Pt. 1(13:00) Shaan’s Bad Investment Decisions(22:20) The F*cked Up Psychology of Spending Money(31:40) Wisdom > Smarts(35:00) Sam's Portfolio Review - Pt. 2(40:30) Why Shaan Tracks His Portfolio Manually(42:30) Shaan's Money Mindset------Links:• Tiller: https://www.tillerhq.com/• Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.------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.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #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• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More