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Talking to 1,000 Strangers with Rob Lawless

1h 21m · No Excuses: The Official Tough Mudder Podcast · 30 Sep 18:00

 On November 11th, 2015, Rob Lawless began a project to meet 10,000 people he had never met before AND spend an hour talking to each of them. At the time of the first podcast released in 2021, he was just over 4,700 people. Rob was being featured all over the media – he was interviewed on talk shows with popular hosts such as Ryan Seacrest and Kelly Clarkson.

Since the first release, Sean ran into Rob at the Poconos Tough Mudder in September 2022. He updated Sean on the project and he’s up to 5,205 people! Rob now makes a livable salary through speaking with companies like KPMG and Shell.

In this episode of No Excuses, we are rereleasing an episode we published in December 2021.

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