What Shaan Puri has said about Marketing and consumer insecurity
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 15, 2026
Shaan Puri, Entrepreneur and investor, co-host of My First Million, former Twitch executive, has been quoted on Marketing and consumer insecurity 2 times in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on October 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Puri argues that much of how the world works is a small group with an idea or agenda transmitting it to society through attractive promoters targeting fears.
“a lot of the way the world works is a small group of people who have some sort of idea or an agenda”
Modern Wisdom: 9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163 (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 0:37
Puri cites marketer Gary Halbert's maxim that selling people what they should want rather than what they do want loses money.
“never has more money been lost than selling somebody what they should want versus what they do want”
Modern Wisdom: 9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163 (Oct 15, 2026) · Listen from 3:23
Episodes
9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163Modern Wisdom · Oct 15, 2026 · 1 h 38 min
Chris Williamson and entrepreneur Shaan Puri discuss marketing and insecurity, courage, moving to the right environment, obsession, the Iron John fable, the cost of greatness, and relationship repair.
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