Why the Self-Help Industry Is Built on Lies
My First Million episode 800, in which Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss the backstory of the book Think and Grow Rich, lessons from prolific independent builders, and a lighter segment about Sam's dating advice. Sam says, as his own claim, that the book's backstory is fake and that its author used it as a front-door offer to upsell a costly course, while noting the book still has good material. The hosts then discuss what makes a self-help guru legitimate, tell the story of an open source project built by one developer that they say grew very fast, and say that people who make many things get more shots on goal, build skill and remove their filter. They also relay Christina Cacioppo's story of teaching herself to code. Sponsor named in the description: HubSpot. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note draws on the opening, the Think and Grow Rich story, the many-attempts discussion, the Christina Cacioppo story and the closing, and may miss parts of the roughly 49 minute video. Statements about people, companies and valuations are the hosts' own claims and not independently checked. Nothing here is medical, mental-health, legal or financial advice.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
My First Million episode 800, in which Sam Parr and Shaan Puri discuss the backstory of the book Think and Grow Rich, lessons from prolific independent builders, and a lighter segment about Sam's dating advice. Sam says, as his own claim, that the book's backstory is fake and that its author used it as a front-door offer to upsell a costly course, while noting the book still has good material. The hosts then discuss what makes a self-help guru legitimate, tell the story of an open source project built by one developer that they say grew very fast, and say that people who make many things get more shots on goal, build skill and remove their filter. They also relay Christina Cacioppo's story of teaching herself to code. Sponsor named in the description: HubSpot. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this note draws on the opening, the Think and Grow Rich story, the many-attempts discussion, the Christina Cacioppo story and the closing, and may miss parts of the roughly 49 minute video. Statements about people, companies and valuations are the hosts' own claims and not independently checked. Nothing here is medical, mental-health, legal or financial advice.