Partner Death Financial Blindspot
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Sam Parr shares a recurring dream he's had since becoming a parent about financial household responsibilities.
"Ever since we had a kid, I have this weird dream. I dream that my wife dies, and three weeks after her death, I realize I don't even know basic information about our household. The way our household works is I focus on making the money, and she is in charge of tracking and spending it - paying rent, mortgages, and things like that.
In my dream, after she died, I'm thinking 'Who do I pay this rent to?' I literally don't know what health insurance provider we have or how they get their money. I don't even know who our dentist is. It honestly freaked me out, and I couldn't imagine being on the other side of that - not knowing how we earn versus how we spend."
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.