Nightingale's Farmer Story
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Sam Parr shares a story about Earl Nightingale's encounter with a farmer who had a unique perspective on phone ownership.
"Earl Nightingale was around in the forties-fifties, he was a radio host and business-minded person, like the Tony Robbins of his day. He told a story about visiting a farmer's house right when phones were first created.
While Earl was at the farmer's house, the phone kept ringing and ringing. Earl was looking at the farmer, but the farmer just kept having a normal conversation. The phone stopped, then started ringing again. Finally, Earl said, 'Hey mister, your phone's been going off, aren't you gonna answer that?'
The farmer replied, 'Why would I answer that?' Earl said, 'Well, someone's calling you.' The farmer responded, 'Sir, I installed this phone in here for my convenience, not their convenience, and I don't feel like answering it.'
That's now my opinion towards my phone - it's here for me, not for anyone else."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.