Why I Got Sober (for entrepreneurs)

My First Million

Hubspot

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Sam (@theSamParr) gets real in this episode. He talks about his struggles with alcohol and the reasons why he is now sober. He shares 8 lessons he learned from his experiences. He ends the episode by answering questions he received on Twitter. --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Show notes: * (0:00) - Intro * (3:56) - How it started - Sam's background with alcohol * (11:24) - The first turning point [oasis] * (13:36) - Asking for help [university clinic] * (14:49) - Going to California * (17:41) - The second turning point [Joe Garvin] * (20:07) - Getting help [SF Clinic] * (23:13) - Coping while sober [eating sugar] * (24:39) - What Sam has learned * (25:46) - Lesson 1 - The inner game * (27:26) - Lesson 2 - Being open * (29:33) - Lesson 3 - Booze messes up your body * (31:16) - Lesson 4 - Sober Sam = Attractive Sam * (33:04) - Lesson 5 - Having fun while sober * (35:14) - Lesson 6 - Intense realism * (36:57) - Lesson 7 - Control your emotions, control your reality * (37:17) - Lesson 8 - Saving $$$ * (37:58) - Q&A

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	All right, today is a special episode.
0:03.0	So this is going to be a video on YouTube,
0:06.0	but also on the podcast.
0:08.5	So if you're listening to this,
0:10.4	you're probably on my YouTube
0:11.9	or you are on the My First Million podcast.
0:14.7	If you're on my YouTube, then you probably don't know me,
0:16.6	but basically my name's Sam Parr.
0:18.9	I'm most popular because I started this company
0:21.8	called The Hustle and I recently just sold it to HubSpot.
0:24.5	It was a really big deal for me and my family
0:26.9	and it was a pretty good exit.
0:29.2	It was a popular media company that I sold.
0:31.1	So millions of people read us each day and know who we are.
0:34.3	And I guess you can kind of say,
0:38.1	I'm a successful entrepreneur.
0:39.6	I mean, a lot of people would say that
0:41.6	there's people that are way more successful, obviously.
0:44.2	But that's what I'm known for.
0:46.1	But I'm also the host of a podcast that my company owned
0:50.0	and it's one of the top 10 business podcasts.
0:52.4	And we talk about cool ideas and we're rebranded stormed
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Hubspot, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Hubspot and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.