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If I Could Start Over Again ft. Scott Galloway

Scott Galloway's complete restart playbook — the exact moves he'd make if he lost everything tomorrow and had to rebuild from zero.

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With Scott Galloway

"If I woke up tomorrow with nothing — no network, no credentials, no capital — I wouldn't do what I did. I'd do what I learned from what I did. There's a difference."
Scott Galloway, on the episode

This is Scott Galloway's second appearance on My First Million, and it goes deeper than the first. Instead of lessons from his career, Sam and Shaan push him on a harder question: if you lost everything tomorrow — the NYU tenure, the $100M+ net worth, the network, the reputation — what would you actually do? Step by step, starting from zero. Galloway doesn't give a motivational answer. He gives a tactical one. The result is a blueprint that's more honest and more specific than almost anything else in the business podcast world.

Tactic 01

Pick a Rich Industry, Not a Cool One

Galloway doubles down on his signature take: go where the money is, not where the prestige is. If he were starting over, he'd look at the industries with the highest revenue per employee — enterprise software, healthcare tech, fintech, energy infrastructure — and pick one. Not because he's passionate about any of them. Because the economic gravity of those industries pulls everyone inside them upward. 'I wasted five years in the cool economy. Film, media, advertising. Everyone wanted in. Nobody got rich. The boring economy is where the money actually moves.'

The play

Sort industries by revenue per employee or average compensation at the 10-year mark. Pick one in the top quartile where you can realistically compete. Don't optimize for interest — optimize for economic leverage. You can develop interest in anything that pays well and gives you autonomy. You can't develop wealth in a crowded, low-margin field no matter how much you love it.

Tactic 02

Get Certified, Not Educated

Tactic 03

Move to Where the Game Is Played

Tactic 04

Attach Yourself to a Rocket Ship

Tactic 05

Save Like You're Scared

Tactic 06

Build Skills That Stack

Tactic 07

Your Network Is Your Net Worth (But Not How You Think)

Tactic 08

Start a Business After You Have Leverage, Not Before

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