Sam Altman's coach destroys your limiting beliefs for 86 minutes straight

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 18, 2026

Duration

1h 26m

Channel

My First Million

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

*Get Sam's guide to turn ChatGPT into your life coach:* https://clickhubspot.com/iph5 Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) get coached by Joe Hudson ( https://x.com/FU_joehudson ) on the mental game of being a founder. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:35) Limiting beliefs (6:48) Mind, heart, gut (8:20) The self-reliance pattern (14:45) Unkink your hose (16:35) Phrases that change your thinking (18:20) Visualize the negative outcomes (21:35) Most common fear of founders: homelessness (23:45) Tricking your nervous system with repetition (27:35) Avoiding conflict (32:40) How to address conflict (38:35) Abusive self-talk patterns (42:45) Is this stuff worth doing? (50:40) Experiments to try this week (54:45) Why bliss destroys you (59:35) Finding your billion-dollar purpose (1:01:00) What's the Illuminati like in person? (1:04:00) How Joe got here (1:22:00) Where you click matters — Links:

• The Art of Accomplishment - https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/
• Descartes’ Error - https://a.co/d/0j1JxxLC
• Tibetan Book of Living and Dying - https://a.co/d/0apYnAGF
• The Inner Game of Tennis - https://a.co/d/0hy9hBRa
• Listen - https://a.co/d/0gzKTFBy

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• Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com
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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Hudson

  guest

  Executive coach and co-founder of Art of Accomplishment, known for coaching startup founders and CEOs (including mentions of Sam Altman).

• Shaan Puri

  host

  Entrepreneur and co-host of the My First Million podcast.

• Sam Parr

  host

  Entrepreneur and co-host of the My First Million podcast.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of My First Million, featuring Joe Hudson and Shaan Puri, Sam Altman's coach destroys your limiting beliefs for 86 minutes straight explores joe Hudson’s framework for dismantling limiting beliefs through experimentation and emotion Joe Hudson defines limiting beliefs as thought patterns that constrain action, often fueled by anxiety and misinterpretations of normal learning “ebbs and flows.”

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