Controversial Business Lessons From Hitler, Napoleon & Edison
About This Episode
Sam Parr and producer Ben analyze the psychological and strategic traits of history's most successful achievers and conquerors, including Napoleon, Hitler, and Thomas Edison. They extract actionable business lessons focused on the power of extreme obsession, the 'Schwerpunkt' principle of concentrated force, and the necessity of a relentless bias toward action.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 02:25- lessons from Hitler
- 10:25- addictive personalities
- 18:10- charismatic people
- 26:25- bias to action
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- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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Key Takeaways
Apply the 'Schwerpunkt' (point of gravity) principle by concentrating all company resources on one narrow objective to punch through a market before expanding.
Fully 'commit to the bit' by leaning into your brand persona or mission without shame, as total conviction is a primary driver of charisma and audience buy-in.
Prioritize a bias to action over perfect planning, recognizing that executing a mediocre plan quickly generates more momentum and data than an unexecuted perfect one.