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7 things MrBeast, Bezos & Thiel do that you don’t

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7 things MrBeast, Bezos & Thiel do that you don’t

My First Million

14 HOURS AGO
My First Million

My First Million

14 HOURS AGO
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Get Sam and Shaan's CEO lessons in one guide: https://clickhubspot.com/epmw Episode 857: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the extreme behaviors of the most legendary CEOs.  — Show Notes: (0:00)...

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Sam Parr and Shaan Puri examine seven extreme CEO practices—from instant rewards and friction removal to radical focus, continuous culling, failure tolerance, and founder cloning—before asking whether greatness is worth its cost.
02:07
Collect frame-breaking ideas
07:32
Reward excellence with options on the spot
12:17
A janitorial crew for bureaucracy
16:04
Recurring meetings can become progress theater.
22:24
The last mile of focus doubles impact.
24:10
Be number one or number two
27:05
Failure was hidden by a green culture
29:26
Six months can turn an employee into a proxy
32:41
Greatness has an extreme cost
38:57
Being great is a day-to-day choice
41:01
Ambition does come back

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CEO Moves
00:00
Move 1: Option Drop
02:51
Move 2: Friction Removal Service
10:40
Move 3: 1-bit communication
12:55
Move 4: Single-tasking
19:37
Move 5: Continuous culling
23:19
Move 6: Reward failure
26:11
Move 7: Clone yourself
27:10
Alternative: Give up on greatness (also fine)
30:18
Just be great
35:59

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