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Sam Parr

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8897 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

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

And he comes out with this, I mean, he just tries business after business after business.

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

He literally tries like 15 businesses.

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

They all fail.

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

He marries a woman.

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

He convinces the woman's parents to loan him money for this like farm or something he wants to start.

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

That goes bankrupt and he divorces the woman.

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

Yeah, like really bad.

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

And so in the 1930s... So did the Carnegie part happen at all?

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

So Carnegie died in 1919.

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

And in the 1930s, he comes out with this book.

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

He had written a bunch of books already that none of them were hits.

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

This particular one was a hit.

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

And he tells the story of meeting Andrew Carnegie and how Andrew Carnegie asked him to do this.

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

There's zero proof that he met Andrew Carnegie.

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

And Andrew Carnegie, I've read actually three biographies on him.

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

I got married at Carnegie Hall because I loved him so much.

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

The book comes out, I think, in 1929.

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

Carnegie has been dead for 10 years.

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

And David Nassau, who wrote the best biography on Carnegie, they're like, dude, Carnegie documented everything.

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

There's no proof that he met.