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My First MillionMrBeast Shares What It Really Takes To Become THE BEST On YouTube (Interview w/ MFM & Hasan Minhaj)
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
MrBeast Reveals His Obsessive Work Ethic Alongside Hasan Minhaj and MFM Hosts
- MrBeast describes working in cycles of total obsession until he burns out, then taking a day or so off, and he says he has put in far more time, filming and spending per video than others.
- He says he wants to win rather than chase money, lives in his studio, and builds separate businesses like his snack brand and Beast Burger by hiring top experts and empowering them.
- He explains that he chose to make videos that do good because it is more fun, and he keeps his ideas fresh by paying a few people to teach him new topics.
- The group discusses status in comedy, with Hasan Minhaj explaining that stand-up starts from low status, and they compare how long it takes to get good at different crafts.
- A host argues that people spend childhood trying to fit in but adulthood trying to stand out, so following your obsession beats hedging, and both MrBeast and a host admit they are unsure whether to go all in on content or business.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasMrBeast works in bursts of total obsession until he crashes.
He wakes up, obsesses, and sleeps repeatedly until he burns out, then takes a day or day and a half off before returning. He says it is somehow sustainable and that his team now tells him what to do.
He is motivated by winning, not by lifestyle or money.
MrBeast says he prefers saying he loves winning because talking about money makes people think he wants expensive things. He lives in his studio and values money for hiring people and growing the business.
He delegates businesses to the best people in the world.
For his snack brand he hired Jim, who helped build RXBAR, and he runs Beast Burger as a separate entity too. He says he finds top people, gives them money, and lets them do it.
Quality matters more than an upload schedule.
MrBeast says he scraps videos that are not great and thinks sticking to a schedule with a mediocre video is dumb. He puts the average video cost at around $1.5 million.
Original ideas require constantly taking in new information.
MrBeast says you cannot come up with ideas around things you do not know exist. He pays two or three people to teach him topics, such as the puzzle-hunting online world.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesAnd it's a lot harder to do good and get attention, so that's why I think a lot of people don't.
— MrBeast
I like to just find people who are just the best in the goddamn world at their job, and then just empower them and give them money and let them do it.
— MrBeast
I just go as hard as I can, every ounce of my entire body, until I just crash.
— MrBeast
We just only upload when it's a great video.
— MrBeast
I just realized, like, oh shit, standing out has been the game the whole time.
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