Orange Peel Attention Trap
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Sam Parr shares a story about a college friend to illustrate how attention-grabbing but ultimately harmful actions can be.
"I knew a guy in college who ate an entire orange and an entire lemon one time in one sitting, including the peel. It's hilarious that he did that and I have a story to tell forever, but that was going to suck for him for a while."
Sam uses this story as a metaphor to describe Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition, suggesting that while it's attention-grabbing and memorable, it will make Elon's life "significantly worse, significantly harder, so much more pressure" and is "not a smart move for his personal life."
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.