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Modern Wisdom

7 Semi-Controversial Rules For Success - Shaan Puri - #683

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster and an angel investor. Shaan is kind of an anti-guru. He's a self-identified lazy person but also managed to exit multiple companies for millions of dollars. So today, we’re delving into 7 of his most semi-controversial insights and discuss why much of the advice from business gurus might just be useless. Expect to learn why hard work is massively overrated, what the two most understated skills in the word are, how to get out of your head and stop overthinking, why many people learn the wrong lessons from failure, how falling behind might not be the great teacher many think it is, why being a billionaire is a stupid goal, why you shouldn’t follow what most people do and much more... Sponsors: Get $150/£150 discount on the Eight Sleep Pod Cover at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied)  Timestamps: (00:00) Hard Work is Massively Over-Rated (11:27) The Value of Enthusiasm (30:10) Why You Need to Develop Your Storytelling Ability (45:56) If You’re in Your Head, You’re Dead (56:43) The Power of the Midwit Meme (1:02:45) Clarifying Your Principles (1:11:29) Do You Really Learn From Your Failures? (1:21:47) Aspiring to Be a Billionaire is a Stupid Goal (1:34:01) The Life-Changing Benefits of Hiring an Assistant (1:40:48) Where to Find Shaan Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

0:03.0

My guest today is Sean Puri, he's an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster, and an angel investor.

0:09.4

Sean is kind of an anti-guru, he's a self-identified lazy person but also managed to exit multiple

0:16.2

companies for millions of dollars.

0:18.2

So today we're delving into seven of his most semi-controversial insights and discussing

0:23.4

why much of the advice from actual business gurus might just be useless.

0:27.7

Expect to learn why hard work is massively overrated, what the most undervalued skills

0:33.3

in the world are, how to get out of your head and stop overthinking why many people learned

0:38.0

the wrong lessons from failure, how falling behind might not be the great teacher many

0:43.1

think it is, why being a billionaire is a stupid goal, why you shouldn't follow what

0:47.6

most people do, and much more.

0:51.6

This Monday, another modern wisdom cinema episode goes live this time with rich role,

0:58.4

massive time podcaster, endurance athlete, and all-round, interesting human.

1:02.8

I really enjoyed this conversation, it was a much more personal one where we both opened

1:07.0

up about challenges that we faced in our past and in our current lives, and I really love

1:13.8

riches, influence, got a very sort of peaceful, calming demeanor, very interesting, really,

1:20.4

really enjoyed that conversation, and after this Monday, we get onto the episodes I recorded

1:26.3

in the UK with some very well-known names, and those will be going live starting soon,

1:34.0

hopefully within the next couple of weeks. I'm also back in Austin, by the way, I'm back

1:37.0

in the USA for at least a little while, and my live shows begin next week, so if you're

1:43.3

in Austin and you've got tickets to my live shows, I will see you on Monday.

1:47.4

This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep. I am currently dying in Austin because it's

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