SPECIAL: Walt Disney (Part 1)

**Sam Parr and Ben Wilson** (0:00)
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All right, what's happening, everyone? This is Sam Parr. I'm typically the host of My First Million, but this is kind of special. So I'm on a walk right now, where I live in Austin. I'm walking around, it's in the evening, and I'm listening to my favorite podcast. It's called How to Take Over the World. And Ben, the host, talks about historical figures like Napoleon, Steve Jobs, people like that, Edison, just like people who innovate, whether it's business or military. And he tells their story, but from an angle of like what I can learn about leading and kind of taking over the world or taking over an industry. And it's incredibly fascinating and it's amazing. I've listened to every episode. And Ben, I loved it so much. I actually asked Ben to join My First Million as our producer, and he is. And I'm listening to this episode right now on Walt Disney. And it's so good, I texted Ben. I go, Ben, I'm recording an intro right now. And we're gonna put this on the My First Million feed because I think our audience is gonna love it. So this is part one. And then throughout the feed, you'll see part two as well, but on Walt Disney. And you're gonna learn about everything that Walt Disney did. And I'm at the part now where basically Ben talks about Walt and how he filed for bankruptcy a couple of times and went broke a couple of times before the age of 30 And yet, he always had this like crazy optimistic outlook. And it's motivating, it's awesome. But he was kind of not a loser because he was doing cool stuff, but like he failed a ton when he was getting started. And it was inspiring to me, or it is inspiring to me. So check it out. This is a special edition of My First Million. It's called How to Take Over the World with Walt Disney. Ben Wilson is the host and a My First Million producer. And I just wanted to share it with you. Check it out.
Hello, and welcome to How to Take Over the World. This is Ben Wilson. Got an exciting episode for you today. We're talking about Walt Disney. And why Walt? Well, there are a number of different angles that you can look at Walt from. You can look at his success as an entrepreneur, as a guy who just founded one of the, I think, 50 largest companies in the world, worth billions and billions of dollars. You can look at him as a storyteller, as probably the greatest storyteller of the 20th century. A lot of the stories that we live with now that are a part of mass culture come from the Disney company and come from things that he started and patterns that he set out. So you can look at him as a storyteller. You can look at him as a rags to riches story. He came from literally nowhere. Grew up in Missouri, in the United States, did not come from a wealthy family.
Someone who just took nothing and was able to establish one of the most iconic companies of all time. You can look at Walt as an innovator. You can look at him as an artist. He really is at the nexus of technology, art, business. And so no matter what you're looking for, I think you can see something in Walt Disney. He's one of the great Americans of the 20th century. And he's got a great story. So I'm excited to dive into it. But before we do, here is a brief word from our sponsors.
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