Speed Drives Success
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Nick Huber emphasizes that speed and urgency are critical differentiators between successful entrepreneurs and average performers. He believes most people operate in "slow motion" through life, while successful individuals maintain high energy and quick decision-making capabilities.
Key Points:
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Contrast in Operating Speed:
- Most people walk slow, think slow, talk slow, make decisions slow
- High performers maintain constant energy and urgency in their actions
- "80% of workers are just skating by" while top 20% generate outsized returns
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Characteristics of Fast Movers:
- Attack tasks with immediate energy
- Make decisions quickly
- Take action rapidly
- Move at accelerated pace compared to peers
- Maintain high enthusiasm for work and projects
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Impact of Speed on Success:
- Fast movers can accomplish significantly more
- Quick decision-making creates competitive advantage
- Energy attracts other high performers
- Speed enables capturing opportunities others miss
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Real World Example:
- Started moving company with $3,000 cargo van
- While peers questioned qualifications, fast movers took immediate action
- Energy and excitement helped convince others to join
- Quick execution led to business growth while others remained skeptical
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Philosophy on Urgency:
- "Doing anything that makes your life better is uncomfortable"
- Must overcome passive tendencies
- 5-second rule for taking action
- Waiting increases difficulty of taking action
- Energy and urgency are contagious qualities that attract success
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.