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Sam Parr

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8897 total appearances

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

every single day, twice a day.

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

That's been proven to be true.

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

There's a lot of research that shows if you write down goals, you repeat it to yourself, you are something like two times more likely to achieve your goal.

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

Another thing that he said was this idea of persistence and grit.

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

And he goes through tons and tons of chapters of the importance of persistence and grit.

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

Angela Duckworth, I think we talked about it, has this book called Grit.

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

And it's also been proven that grit is more likely to make you succeed than IQ.

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

And then there's other parts where

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

He talks about daily affirmations.

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

And this is all woo-woo stuff, but this is proven to be true.

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

That if you affirm that you're going to be successful in all these things, you are actually more likely to be successful.

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

And so he actually does have a lot of amazing stuff.

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

There's some other weird stuff.

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

He talks about how sexual energy is the most powerful energy on earth and you need to harness it.

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

There's a bunch of weird stuff in there, but there's a lot of really amazing stuff.

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

But when I read about his background, I just thought it was one of the craziest things that I've ever read about because it's...

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

So in-depth about how he just lied about the entire backstory his whole life basically is a lie Oh, and by the way, I have to add if you read the book.

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

Have you noticed how he mentions the secret?

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

I don't remember that but yeah, okay Okay, so in the book he talks about there's the secret to success there is in fact a secret Andrew Carnegie the most successful man on earth he conveniently dropped the secret into my pocket and That's what I'm gonna talk about.

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

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