Marketing and consumer insecurity
Subject in Marketing
Marketing and consumer insecurity has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Shaan PuriEntrepreneur and investor, co-host of My First Million, former Twitch executive
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
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
Podcasts
- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
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.