Sam Parr
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so basically, the story is that there's this guy named Napoleon Hill.
Yeah.
What was it?
What is the story?
So it's even more epic than that.
So basically, Napoleon Hill is this guy from Appalachia, came from nothing.
He's this really poor kid and makes his way to New York City.
And he's writing an article for a magazine and he meets Andrew Carnegie, who at the time, this is like Elon Musk.
He's the best of the best.
Andrew Carnegie runs Carnegie Steel.
This is Tesla.
This is the biggest company in the world by far.
And he's talking to Andrew Carnegie, and Napoleon was like, look, I'm just trying to figure out what makes people successful.
And Andrew Carnegie goes, look, son, you seem promising.
I want to tell you to do something, but can you promise me you'll actually do it?
Because I have a feeling you're not going to follow through.
But if you do follow through on me, I think you're going to be really successful.
And Napoleon goes, look, I'm desperate for success.
I'll do anything you say.
And Andrew, imagine Elon Musk saying, Sean...