I Asked Sam Ovens How to Scale My Business Without Hating My Life

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00:00 — Introduction
01:53 — Why I’m at Skool HQ (context & setup)
03:32 — HQ quick tour
04:23 — Explaining the mood for this interview (authentic, unedited conversation)
05:18 — Sam's Identity shifts: 2018 vs now
06:51 — Marriage, authenticity, and ditching the “persona”
10:33 — Does success require suffering?
14:06 — Starting Skool & moving to LA: following what feels right
16:35 — Hiring Riot Games talent & gamifying Skool
17:33 — New philosophy: embrace what’s fun; becoming unique
20:11 — Why Consulting.com shifted and made more profit
23:44 — Sam's best performing ad ever
26:53 — How Sam teaches now and create courses
36:47 — Avoid failing by making what you do more fun
38:27 — Ditching morning rituals for more success : Look at Elon Musk
41:02 — “Distraction” as strategy: the Skool cat & happy accidents
43:27 — Keeping work fun: A-players, no SOP bloat, few meetings
47:58 — How he disconnects from work (family, no phone)
51:02 — Why 12h/day, 6d/wk is his max
53:19 — What he’d improve in his life now
55:58 — Sam on Mason (quick character read)
57:19 — Closing takeaways