Parr: Imagined rejection email from journalist motivated him for eight years
Sam Parr · The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder · May 5, 2025 · at 25:38
Sam Parr shares a personal example illustrating the fallibility of human memory and emotional recall while building The Hustle.
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“This like prestigious journalist, I asked her to come in freelance for the hustle. And she wrote a letter back to me and she says like, that's cute. Thanks. And like, it drove like eight years of like success for me because I was like, I'm going to prove this Freaking jerk wrong. She was so dismissive of me. I went back and reread the email. She was super nice. Like, she didn't say, that's cute. She said, like, I'm honored. Thank you so much for thinking of me. I'm too busy right now, but you know, good luck with your new endeavor.”
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