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My First Million - A podcast by Sam Parr, Shaan Puri & The Hustle
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Episode 602: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success. — Show Notes: (0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling (7:51) World's first hedge fund (12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game” (16:06) The Feynman technique for learning (21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action (24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start (29:06) Playing "the game" of business (33:37) Switching to better games (36:15) How the Roger Bannister Effect crushes limiting beliefs (40:13) Step 0: Believe it can be done — Links: • [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions https://clickhubspot.com/copy • Ed Thorp biography - https://tinyurl.com/yjcp4645 • Beat The Dealer - https://tinyurl.com/yc426fc5 • Ed Thorp website - https://www.edwardothorp.com/ • The Game - https://tinyurl.com/3kh3xfhn • Jack Smith’s episode - https://tinyurl.com/yc4zdnem • Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/ • Bringing Down The House - https://tinyurl.com/4txm492n • Grab HubSpot's free AI-Powered Customer Platform and watch your business grow https://clickhubspot.com/fmf — 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/ — 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 My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano