Sam Parr: Elite founders sometimes scale back to 20-hour work weeks
Sam Parr · We spent 48 hours with MrBeast + 11 Billionaires · Jan 29, 2025 · at 30:20
Sam Parr reflects on discussions with billionaire entrepreneurs during an exclusive retreat with MrBeast.
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“Hard work amongst this group, not universal. So there was one guy, I don't, you weren't there, you were, Sean like busted his knee in the second hour or something like that and had to stay at home for like this whole, one whole session. And there was this guy there who was explaining how hard he grinds. And then there was this other guy who was one of the more successful guys there. He was like, I work, like, 20 hours a week. He's like, once my companies got to be, like, some type of, like, predictable, stable, like, alright, if we just keep doing this for 10 years, we're gonna grow 50% a year, hopefully, like, it's gonna, whatever. He was like, I started working 20 hours a week. And he's like, I wouldn't work Fridays. And it was really interesting to see that not everyone worked hard.”
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