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Episode 602: Sam Parr (   / thesamparr   ) and Shaan Puri (   / shaanvp   ) talk about how to 10x your odds of success.

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Show Notes:
(0:00) Ed Thorp and the mathematics of gambling
(7:51) World's first hedge fund
(12:12) Sam and Shaan revisit “The Game”
(16:06) The Feynman technique for learning
(21:14) Shaan's one criteria for action
(24:58) Why you don't need privilege to start
(29:06) Playing "the game" of business
(33:37) Switching to better games
(36:15) How the Roger Bannister Effect crushes limiting beliefs
(40:13) Step 0: Believe it can be done

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Links:
• Ed Thorp biography - https://tinyurl.com/yjcp4645
• Beat The Dealer - https://tinyurl.com/yc426fc5
• Ed Thorp website - https://www.edwardothorp.com/
• The Game - https://tinyurl.com/3kh3xfhn
• Jack Smith’s episode - https://tinyurl.com/yc4zdnem
• Kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/
• Bringing Down The House - https://tinyurl.com/4txm492n
• Wander - https://www.wander.com/mfm (Enter to win a free trip and use code MFM300 at checkout for $300 off your booking)

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd




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