Sandler's Gracious Professor
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Sam Parr shares a story about how Adam Sandler showed grace towards a professor who once discouraged him from acting.
"Adam Sandler was in New York taking acting classes, and the teacher was like 'Hey, I want to take you out for a beer, let's talk.' The teacher takes him out and says, 'Look Adam, you don't have what it takes, and I just want you to quit doing it now because I don't want you to waste 2 decades and it's just not gonna go your way. I want to show you love and respect by telling you now.'
Obviously 10 years passed, Adam Sandler's still doing this, he's an epic star, he's at the top of his game. He's at a bar in New York with his friends, and he sees that professor. And I imagine in his head he's thinking 'Should I go rub it in this guy's face and be like told you I win?'
He walks over to the guy and brings his buddies with him, and Adam looks at his buddies and goes 'Hey, I want you guys to meet Professor [blank]. They were the only professor that was kind enough to take me out and buy me a beer.'"
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.