Dan Martell
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That's how you know you're making progress. If you're still doing this year the same stuff you did last year, probably missing the mark. Which brings us to the question, how do you find your 5%? how can I focus on the right 5% if I don't know where I'm going? Like if I don't know what the target looks like, how am I supposed to hit the target? And people ask me, well, how do you prioritize?
How do you figure out the 5%? How do you really focus? Well, if I know where I'm going, then I can ask myself, does this decision get me closer to that target? Without clarity of vision, it can feel overwhelming. It can feel hard. A lot of people get depressed because they don't have clarity. A confused mind can't move forward. If I don't know what I'm trying to do,
How do you figure out the 5%? How do you really focus? Well, if I know where I'm going, then I can ask myself, does this decision get me closer to that target? Without clarity of vision, it can feel overwhelming. It can feel hard. A lot of people get depressed because they don't have clarity. A confused mind can't move forward. If I don't know what I'm trying to do,
How do you figure out the 5%? How do you really focus? Well, if I know where I'm going, then I can ask myself, does this decision get me closer to that target? Without clarity of vision, it can feel overwhelming. It can feel hard. A lot of people get depressed because they don't have clarity. A confused mind can't move forward. If I don't know what I'm trying to do,
Bill Gates knew early his vision, I want a personal computer in every home. Zuckerberg, he literally said from the beginning, I wanna build a metaverse. Elon Musk, the whole world, if you follow him for like five seconds, knows his number one priority in life is colonizing Mars. And that's why he started every one of his companies. Think about that.
Bill Gates knew early his vision, I want a personal computer in every home. Zuckerberg, he literally said from the beginning, I wanna build a metaverse. Elon Musk, the whole world, if you follow him for like five seconds, knows his number one priority in life is colonizing Mars. And that's why he started every one of his companies. Think about that.
Bill Gates knew early his vision, I want a personal computer in every home. Zuckerberg, he literally said from the beginning, I wanna build a metaverse. Elon Musk, the whole world, if you follow him for like five seconds, knows his number one priority in life is colonizing Mars. And that's why he started every one of his companies. Think about that.
Most people don't realize Starlink, boring company, the AI, Optimus, the robots, Tesla, self-driving cars, the whole infrastructure for colonizing Mars is every one of his businesses. Isn't that crazy? That's the 5%. Even Doge was him going, if I don't help save our economy, all the businesses I've created within that economy could be at risk.
Most people don't realize Starlink, boring company, the AI, Optimus, the robots, Tesla, self-driving cars, the whole infrastructure for colonizing Mars is every one of his businesses. Isn't that crazy? That's the 5%. Even Doge was him going, if I don't help save our economy, all the businesses I've created within that economy could be at risk.
Most people don't realize Starlink, boring company, the AI, Optimus, the robots, Tesla, self-driving cars, the whole infrastructure for colonizing Mars is every one of his businesses. Isn't that crazy? That's the 5%. Even Doge was him going, if I don't help save our economy, all the businesses I've created within that economy could be at risk.
I'll go spend 90 days helping solve that problem so then I can go and get back to building electric cars. So think about it this way. The clarity of your vision, what you see, determines the quality of your decisions. If you're clear, your decisions are awesome. So here's what you wanna do. Number one, dream big.
I'll go spend 90 days helping solve that problem so then I can go and get back to building electric cars. So think about it this way. The clarity of your vision, what you see, determines the quality of your decisions. If you're clear, your decisions are awesome. So here's what you wanna do. Number one, dream big.
I'll go spend 90 days helping solve that problem so then I can go and get back to building electric cars. So think about it this way. The clarity of your vision, what you see, determines the quality of your decisions. If you're clear, your decisions are awesome. So here's what you wanna do. Number one, dream big.
People ask me all the time, if you can go back and talk to that 20-year-old version of yourself, what would you whisper in their ear? Dream bigger. See, most people don't give themselves permission to dream, so then their target is so near-sighted, it doesn't feel like it's big enough to make big decisions to move your life forward.
People ask me all the time, if you can go back and talk to that 20-year-old version of yourself, what would you whisper in their ear? Dream bigger. See, most people don't give themselves permission to dream, so then their target is so near-sighted, it doesn't feel like it's big enough to make big decisions to move your life forward.
People ask me all the time, if you can go back and talk to that 20-year-old version of yourself, what would you whisper in their ear? Dream bigger. See, most people don't give themselves permission to dream, so then their target is so near-sighted, it doesn't feel like it's big enough to make big decisions to move your life forward.
You actually have to go way out there, dream bigger, and then aim for it. Then what you do once you have that, sit down and write 12 goals for the year. Write down 12 projects, outcomes, things you want to do with your life that if you accomplish, even if you accomplish seven or eight of them,
You actually have to go way out there, dream bigger, and then aim for it. Then what you do once you have that, sit down and write 12 goals for the year. Write down 12 projects, outcomes, things you want to do with your life that if you accomplish, even if you accomplish seven or eight of them,
You actually have to go way out there, dream bigger, and then aim for it. Then what you do once you have that, sit down and write 12 goals for the year. Write down 12 projects, outcomes, things you want to do with your life that if you accomplish, even if you accomplish seven or eight of them,
you know you're making progress now here's the kicker the next step is actually to circle the one that if you got done every other goal would feel obsolete or not needed or be a lot easier to attack then i want you to write a list of projects that you got to get done to make that one goal accomplish and aggressively ignore the rest that is how you execute the 95 5 rule