Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Sam Parr

👤 Speaker
8897 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

I need you to go out and talk to 500 people, the most successful people on earth.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And I need you to tell me what made them successful because I want the world to know about this gospel.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

They have to know what makes people successful.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And I need you to study them for the next 20 years.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And I will help fund it.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

I will help make this a reality.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Will you do that?

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And Napoleon goes, hell yeah, brother, I am in.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

This sounds like the world's greatest mission.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Let's do it.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And so Andrew Carnegie introduces them to Henry Ford.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

They introduce them to John Rockefeller, also one of the richest men in the world, and even introduce them to Woodrow Wilson, and then FDR, the presidents of the United States.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And Napoleon Hill spends a decade or two writing this book, and it becomes They Can Grow Rich, and it basically distills down all of the amazing stuff that makes someone successful.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And it goes even further.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

After this book, because Napoleon Hill got to meet all these presidents, he basically was there when Woodrow Wilson negotiated the end of World War I. And he helped give Woodrow Wilson the speech that he needed to convince Germany to back down.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

And then it goes even further.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Do you remember the famous line from FDR?

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

He says, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

You remember that line?

My First Million
‘Think and Grow Rich’ Is a Lie. (But The Advice Still Works)

Right.