MrBeast: 'I Obsess Every Second of Every Day Until I Have a Mental Breakdown' - With Hasan Minhaj

He tries to spend 20-30x times longer thinking of ideas than other people, film 10x more than others, and spend 100x for a video more than other people.

Prior to his success, MrBeast’s obsession with YouTube was perceived as a negative quality, but now his obsession is celebrated

MrBeast on how he likes to work: “Wake up, obsess over something, go to bed. Wake up, obsess, go to bed. Like every second of the day until I have a mental breakdown and burn out and then I take a day off or maybe a day and a half and then go right back to it.”

“It’s easier to piss people off and get attention; it’s a lot harder to do good and get attention.“ – MrBeast on the unfortunate incentive structure of the internet

MrBeast spends about $1.5 million to create each video

“I like to find people who are the best in the goddamn world at their job and then empower them and give them money.”