Moldy Towel Wake-Up
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Sam shares a story about how his best friend's criticism of his living conditions became a catalyst for personal change.
"My best friend Neville Madora - I met him because he had a great blog on copywriting. In 2013 or 14, I cold emailed him and said 'Neville, I'm going to host this conference and I want you to come speak. I'll pay for your flight and accommodation.'
The conference was really just 15 of my friends hanging out talking. I bought him a $250 Southwest flight and he slept on my couch. When he was there, I gave him a towel to take a shower and it was a moldy towel. He said 'Dude, you are disgusting. You're acting like this bachelor 23-year-old, which you are, but you need to be a man. You need to get your act together. This is disgusting.'
I remember that changed my life. I got together my domestic skill set. I realized I needed to act like a man, dress better, be more appropriate. I had to get my act together. Neville's 6 years older than me, so he's done a good job of being like my brother and teaching me how to act like a man."
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.