Episode
MrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
32:08
Published: Thu Aug 25 2022
Description
Episode 352: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) sit down with YouTube sensation MrBeast, and award-winning comedian Hasan Minhaj to talk about obsession, how to win, finding your creativity, measuring success, how to run a company... and more. ----- Links: * MrBeast * Hasan Minhaj * Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. * Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter. ----- Show Notes: (02:45) - What Hassan and MrBeast think of each other (03:25) - How do you measure success? (12:15) - How do you run your company? (19:20) - Doing good while getting attention (22:25) - Fitting in vs standing out (25:55) - What are you trying to figure out? ----- 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. ----- Additional episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Chapters
In this podcast, the host discusses the benefits of working with obsessive curiosity and enthusiasm with his guest.
00:00 - 02:16 (02:16)
Summary
In this podcast, the host discusses the benefits of working with obsessive curiosity and enthusiasm with his guest. They cover various topics including their preferred working methods, the importance of passion, and their mutual enjoyment of an easy conversation.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The speaker talks about his experience of visiting a successful entrepreneur's office and seeing how his focus on growth and hiring people was key to his success.
02:16 - 04:24 (02:07)
Summary
The speaker talks about his experience of visiting a successful entrepreneur's office and seeing how his focus on growth and hiring people was key to his success. He also mentions a peer-to-peer sharing service sold by the entrepreneur called Zip2 which earned him millions of dollars.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The guest talks about the importance of having a strong sense of certainty in your life to overcome doubt and achieve your goals.
04:24 - 07:11 (02:46)
Summary
The guest talks about the importance of having a strong sense of certainty in your life to overcome doubt and achieve your goals.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The podcast host and guest discuss finding humor in failure and owning your mistakes, even in comparison to those who are more successful.
07:11 - 09:25 (02:13)
Summary
The podcast host and guest discuss finding humor in failure and owning your mistakes, even in comparison to those who are more successful.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The host discusses the difficulty of comparing different skills, such as comedy, singing, and martial arts expertise.
09:25 - 12:43 (03:18)
Summary
The host discusses the difficulty of comparing different skills, such as comedy, singing, and martial arts expertise.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The speaker discusses their working style by obsessing over their work all day, every day, leading to burnout, and talks about their ardent desire to learn from successful actors.
12:43 - 15:20 (02:36)
Summary
The speaker discusses their working style by obsessing over their work all day, every day, leading to burnout, and talks about their ardent desire to learn from successful actors.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The speaker discusses how Steve Jobs becoming a billionaire through Pixar and the creative storytelling the company brings helped him find inspiration.
15:20 - 22:41 (07:20)
Summary
The speaker discusses how Steve Jobs becoming a billionaire through Pixar and the creative storytelling the company brings helped him find inspiration. He also talks about the importance of creating joy, spectacle, and wonder, and how this is a counter to negativity and criticism faced in specific niches.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
The importance of embracing your obsession and following your passions, even if it does not lead to your end goal, because it is a positive quality that will always work out in the end.
22:41 - 27:33 (04:52)
Summary
The importance of embracing your obsession and following your passions, even if it does not lead to your end goal, because it is a positive quality that will always work out in the end. Being a video gamer or a creator is seen as an inspirational quality as long as it is in line with someone's passions and obsession.
EpisodeMrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj
PodcastMy First Million
Kevin Hart talks about trying to stay loose for a basketball game with a friend, but his body isn't quite cooperating.
27:34 - 28:35 (01:01)
Summary
Kevin Hart talks about trying to stay loose for a basketball game with a friend, but his body isn't quite cooperating.