Face Your Biggest Fear To Win $800,000

Summary

A YouTube prankster puts his friend Mack through a series of terrifying challenges involving spiders, heights, and being buried alive to try to scare him, as Mack previously claimed he cannot be scared. If Mack completes all the challenges, he wins $800,000 after having lost that amount in a previous video. However, the final cookie challenge triggers Mack's fear of failure, causing him to lose the money yet again. Ultimately, his friend is unable to scare Mack with external fears, but preys upon Mack's inner fears and insecurities around failure to break him.

Takeaways

• 😱 Mack has to face his biggest fears to try and win $800,000
• 😰 Mack survives being trapped with 1,000 spiders
• 😨 Mack freefalls 200 feet attached to nothing
• 😰 Mack's car sinks to the bottom of a 45 foot deep lake and he tries to retrieve money bags from inside
• ⚰️ Mack gets buried alive for 24 hours
• 😱 Mack pulls something unknown out of a metal box
• 😰 Mack gets a second chance after previously losing $800,000
• 😓 Mack only has 34 minutes 54 seconds to complete the final cookie challenge
• 💔 Mack fails the final challenge again and loses $700,000
• 🤯 The only thing that scared Mack was his fear of failure

Q & A

What is the main goal of the video challenges Mack has to complete?

The main goal is for Mack to face his fears in order to try to win back the $800,000 prize money he previously lost.

What happens if Mack breaks a cookie during the final challenge?

If Mack breaks a cookie during the final challenge, he loses the $700,000 he had won from the previous challenges.

Why does the narrator offer Mack $300,000 before the final challenge?

The narrator offers Mack $300,000 before the final challenge to give him the option to quit while still winning some money, rather than risk losing it all if he fails the challenge again.

What is Mack's main fear that leads to his failure in the final challenge?

Mack's main fear is his fear of failure itself, related to failing the cookie challenge again after having lost money on it previously.

How much time does Mack have to complete the final cookie challenge?

Mack has the same amount of time he took last time - 34 minutes and 54 seconds.

Why does Mack think he needs to rush through the early cookie stages?

Mack rushes through the early cookie stages because he knows the umbrella cookie, which he failed on last time, will take a long time.

What causes Mack to ultimately fail the final challenge again?

Mack fails because he rushes unnecessarily on an early stage and breaks the cookie, rather than taking his time.

How much money has Mack now lost total from failing these challenges twice?

With this second failure, Mack has now lost a total of $1.5 million.

Why does the narrator bury Mack alive during one of the challenges?

The narrator buries Mack alive to recreate one of the scariest challenges that the narrator himself previously had to endure.

What is the Shopify promotion for in the middle of the video?

The Shopify promotion highlights how the narrator was able to start his own business using Shopify, enabling him to afford producing videos like this.