Sam Parr

No, I don't fire anymore.

I had to fire five people that were direct reports to me this year, this past year.

But when Adam started in 2014, I said, you're going to be the bad cop because I'm not good at it.

But I do have to have these fierce, hard conversations with people.

And it's not easy, but it's for the best of them.

Like, if you think about who changed your life, was there, like, I had a coach that literally made sure I got a warm meal.

Like, I respected him.

I mean, he literally told me I'm not going to play.

Like, if my grades weren't good, if I didn't show up and give it 110%, so he didn't play me two games.

But he made sure, listen, three nights a week, he was going to buy me a meal with dinner because he knew my mom was working three jobs.

And I found out I respected him more than I loved him.

But the respect turned into love.

And that was a lesson for me is I got to be straight up.

I'm going to tell you what you're doing great, but I'm also going to tell you you're not living up to your potential.

I see something better in you.

And it's my job to pull that out of you.

And I'm either going to pull that out of you or I'm going to force you to quit or you're going to not have a job here.

I'm going to give you the invitation to go work for one of my competitors.

It's 100% right.

I used to find fours and try to make them sevens.