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Sam Berman: Losing Both Parents and Building What Shouldn't Exist

The Operator's Code··3 August 2026·55 min

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What Sam Berman has built should have been impossible. Especially after losing both of his parents by the age of 25. School was a nightmare for him, he doesn't have a college degree, and yet he's built a successful business and family, AND lives by an Operator's Code that's stood the test of time. Find out what it takes to get through REAL hardship, how to build a business that actually takes on the founder's mindset and principles, and what good men do when bad things happen. In This Episode: 0:00 Intro 0:47 Developing Leaders 3:50 Principles Learned From Pain 14:08 Operationalizing Personal Excellence 25:46 Sam's Operator's Code 39:53 The Tragedy That Got Men To Pay Attention Resources: LARC: https://www.larc.co/ Sam Berman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelberman/ Email Sam: sam@larc.co Militant Mind by Sam Berman: https://www.larc.co/the-militant-mind It's Your Ship by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446529117