The Thought Experiment for Success - who would you invest in?

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A thought experiment encourages evaluating peers by considering who you would invest in to receive a percentage of their future earnings. This approach prompts introspection on the qualities, values, and behaviors that define successful individuals. By analyzing others, one can gain insights into desirable traits, effectively sidestepping self-awareness biases that complicate personal reflection. Additionally, the experiment can be inverted to assess which individuals would lead to losses, further refining values one should embrace or avoid. This methodology not only applies to financial success but can extend to health, happiness, and other life domains, demonstrating the effectiveness of external perspective over self-analysis for personal development.

Episode 625: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) are back with George Mack ( https://x.com/george__mack) to talk about the best ideas he’s come across.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Spotting high agency people

(26:12) The Kale phone vs the Cocaine phone

(31:37) The obsessiveness of Lee Kuan Yew

(37:34) Life as a Midwit meme

(43:22) Work like a lion, not like a cow

(51:52)The Buffett Coin

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Links:

• Get our business idea database here https://clickhubspot.com/mfm

• Relentlessly Resourceful - https://paulgraham.com/relres.html

• 3:1 Work Structure - https://science.drinklmnt.com/lmnt-at-work/lmnt-3-1-work-structure/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

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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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