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Sam Parr

👤 Speaker
8897 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

He goes, dude, I walked the floor of my company every day.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

I think his company has like thousands of employees, maybe 10,000 employees, something crazy like that.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

So he says, I walked the floor every day and I'm looking for three problems.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And what he means by that is he talks to everybody, like entry-level people, the janitor, the senior executives, whoever he bumps into.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And he's just trying to find who's got a problem that's blocking them from this company being more successful.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

Like, where are bottlenecks?

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And he's just searching for it.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And so he goes, I'm trying to find three a day.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

He goes, if I find a problem, then right there, I'll try to fix it on the spot.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

So, you know, I will talk to my sales guy.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

He's telling me about a problem with the IT system.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

We call the IT guy.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

We're like, hey, this guy's got a problem with the IT system.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And the guy's like, okay, I'll look into it.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

Thanks.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

You know, he's like, no, no, get off your ass.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

Like this guy's got a problem and he needs to get fixed today.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And the guy comes and fixes the problem.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

Now all those sales guys don't have that IT problem anymore.

My First Million
I spent 48 Hours With 10 Billionaires. Here’s What I Learned.

And he's like, I do three problems a day for 365 days a year.