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Shaan Puri

👤 Speaker
7758 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

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

And you only, the beauty of it is just, it's like dating or anything else in life.

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

You only need one to work, right?

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

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

You only need one and your whole life changes.

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

By the way, here's a blog post from him called Finding My Spark Again.

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

And he basically shows his GitHub commits for the year after he sold his business.

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

So he sold his business and he tried to do other things and he just felt empty afterwards.

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

And he just got back into making stuff, just committing code, writing code, building tools, building products.

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

And he basically was like, the spark returned because building was always the thing that gave me joy.

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

And it just clicked.

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

I had an idea.

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

I started hacking.

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

I realized my spark is back.

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

And like to find meaning, it wasn't therapy.

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

It wasn't ayahuasca.

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

It wasn't going to another country.

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

I had enough of my own bullshit.

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

And I realized that you don't find happiness by moving countries.

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

You don't find purpose.

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

You create it.