The 2023 Milly Awards: Part 1

**Shaan Puri** (0:00)
This is the most popular episode we do every year. It takes weeks of planning. I'm out 50 bucks, because I got this new jacket on. We're all dressed up. And why? Because it is the Milly Awards. It is our end of year episode where we go through about 15 categories, right?
Actors, they got the Oscars. And musicians, they have the Grammys. Well, what do business people have? They got the Milly Awards. And this is where we share a bunch of different categories, like our best and worst investments of the year. Where do we take a big L on an investment? What did we win on? Or we'll do a category like person we would most bet it all on. Who would we, if we have to invest our whole net worth on somebody, who would we bet it on?
We got me, Sam and Andrew Wilkinson. We're all here. We've been doing this for three years now. These episodes are always the favorites. This one went long. We're gonna do it as a two-parter. So in part one, we have categories like Billy of the Year, best business that we think somebody else should go do, our favorite moment from the podcast this year, and the biggest change that we are making personally in our game for 2024
And in part two, we have a whole bunch of categories like our favorite unsexy business and wild predictions for next year. So enjoy the Milly Awards 2023
Okay, what's up guys? It's my favorite episode of the year. Andrew Wilkinson is here. Sam is here. Sam, you're looking dapper. Andrew, you're looking dapper.
Sam, I got to say the whole dressing well thing, I'm bought in now. I see it.
You don't look like a science teacher.
You don't look like you're from a different era. You just look sharp, my friend.

**Sam Parr** (1:40)
Yeah, I couldn't find my cuff links. I thought I was going to look like a farmer on this thing. Thank God I found them right before we started. Do you guys remember how Trump had the Clemson football team into the White House and they used the Lincoln gravy bowls for barbecue sauce? That's how I feel right now with this person who bought me Tiffany Crystal for my wedding. This is the first time they're being used and they're being used for Whole Foods brand La Croix. So shout out to that person. Andrew, you feeling good? You ready to do this thing?

**Andrew Wilkinson** (2:09)
Feeling great. Yeah, this is the best I've dressed in years.

**Sam Parr** (2:13)
We're happy that you did it here. All right, so this is the Milly Awards. We've done this. This is now, Shaan, four years running we've done this. Or is it three? I think four.

**Shaan Puri** (2:21)
Maybe three, I think it's three.

**Sam Parr** (2:23)
And we've got 11 or 12 or 13 categories. We're going to do favorite MFM guests. We're going to do Billy of the Year, biggest change we're making for 24, the person we bet it all on. We're going to do a bunch of different stuff. All right, everyone, a quick break. If you're hustling in the trenches to build a business or bootstrapping your own, I want to talk to you about an AI power tool that can lighten up your workload.
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And we're gonna try and go somewhat fast for each category, but I'm sure we're gonna have interesting stories for each one. Shaan, you wanna kick it off? Where do you wanna go?

**Shaan Puri** (3:22)
Yeah, category one.
This is the Milly Award for our favorite MFM episode or guest of the year. Sam, start us off, who you got?

**Sam Parr** (3:32)
All right, this was a tie. No, it's not a tie. We're not gonna have ties, but I'm gonna say the top two that I had was Scott Galloway. So by the way, we have a clip that's gone viral on YouTube where it's a clip from the Scott Galloway pod where he's talking about how much he made. I'm talking about how much I made. And people are just ragging on us both so hard because they say that we sound so depressed. But I'm gonna give it number one to Kevin Ryan. Kevin Ryan's the founder of Gilt, Business Insider, MongoDB. I think Kevin Ryan was the best episode. I think he was the most wise person and well-balanced person we've had who's had crazy success.