Legitimacy Requires Helpful Advice
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Legitimacy in self-help doesn't require perfection, but does require effective advice and honesty.
- Past problems actually create deeper mastery - people who needed help understand it best
- Perfect life/past isn't the criteria since no one has that
- Main problems are: giving ineffective 'dirty fuel' advice and outright lying
- Like prescribing inferior medicine when better options exist
- Lying about past or present breaks trust and credibility
16:59 - 19:20
Full video: 48:40SP
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.