Shaan Puri Recalls Story Tim Ferris Told About Business School

Name: Shaan Puri Recalls Story Tim Ferris Told About Business School
Uploaded: 2022-08-22T02:04:58+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief anecdote, Shaan Puri recounts a story Tim Ferriss shared about a networking challenge he posed to a Harvard Business School class. After…

22 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief anecdote, Shaan Puri recounts a story Tim Ferriss shared about a networking challenge he posed to a Harvard Business School class. After delivering a talk, Ferriss offered two round‑the‑world business‑class tickets to anyone who could email‑introduce him to a high‑profile figure such as Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, or a prominent athlete within 30 days. The initial challenge saw no takers because the perceived difficulty was too high. Ferriss later altered the rules, stating that the person who got closest to securing a connection would win, which spurred widespread participation. Ultimately, someone succeeded in making the introduction, earning the reward.

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Tim Ferriss once told this story. He goes, I went to a business school class, a Harvard Business School class. I gave this talk. At the end of the talk, I go, oh, by the way, guys, I'm doing this challenge. I want to get in touch with either Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, or, you know, some sports person. If anybody here can connect me over email with them, I will buy you two round-the-world plane tickets. You could fly business class for a year anywhere on my dime. You have 30 days to complete this challenge. 30 days go by. The perceived difficulty was so high that nobody did it. So in the next one, he told that story, and I think he added a twist, which was Whoever gets the closest to it wins. All of a sudden, like, everybody tries. And in fact, I think somebody did get in touch and actually successfully completed the challenge.