Parr: Actively burn bridges to create forcing functions and break inertia
Sam Parr · MFM #160: How to Build a Paid Community Making $20M a Year · Mar 12, 2021 · at 43:14
Sam Parr shares his contrarian approach to breaking life and business inertia by intentionally eliminating fallback options.
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“The way that I get out of this is I do two things. The first is I burn bridges. So a lot of people say don't burn bridges. I say, no, I actually do burn bridges. So quit your job or move to another city or do something drastic. Because for me, I've said, I cannot focus on more than one thing at a time. I can only focus on, I can only focus on one thing at a time. And so in order to like get, to create an, to break inertia and create new type of momentum. I like to create some, something that I have my backs against the wall. And I think more people should do that. I think that's the way to go.”
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