Dan Martell

In a kitchen, the chef should only be doing the thing that actually makes the meal world-class. He's not sitting there and doing all the prep. He's not cutting all the vegetables. He's not pre-cooking some of the proteins. He literally sits there, the top chef in a kitchen and things are brought to him. He's done his work. It's called mise en place.

In a kitchen, the chef should only be doing the thing that actually makes the meal world-class. He's not sitting there and doing all the prep. He's not cutting all the vegetables. He's not pre-cooking some of the proteins. He literally sits there, the top chef in a kitchen and things are brought to him. He's done his work. It's called mise en place.

In a kitchen, the chef should only be doing the thing that actually makes the meal world-class. He's not sitting there and doing all the prep. He's not cutting all the vegetables. He's not pre-cooking some of the proteins. He literally sits there, the top chef in a kitchen and things are brought to him. He's done his work. It's called mise en place.

He sits there and he does the work and the plates go out the kitchen Perfect. You want to figure out how to get your life to the same place where you stay in that flow, you stay in that zone and have people support you around you, even part-time, even friends, so you can keep creating and pushing your life forward. So that's what you do. The other 95%, think of the three Ds. Number one is defer.

He sits there and he does the work and the plates go out the kitchen Perfect. You want to figure out how to get your life to the same place where you stay in that flow, you stay in that zone and have people support you around you, even part-time, even friends, so you can keep creating and pushing your life forward. So that's what you do. The other 95%, think of the three Ds. Number one is defer.

He sits there and he does the work and the plates go out the kitchen Perfect. You want to figure out how to get your life to the same place where you stay in that flow, you stay in that zone and have people support you around you, even part-time, even friends, so you can keep creating and pushing your life forward. So that's what you do. The other 95%, think of the three Ds. Number one is defer.

Some stuff that you want to do is just not a now thing. Understanding the right time for the right action is just as important as understanding what to do. Because if you do something too soon, it's not valuable. So postpone intentionally. not passively. You're allowed to defer things to next quarter, next year. Just make the decision. The second thing is delete it.

Some stuff that you want to do is just not a now thing. Understanding the right time for the right action is just as important as understanding what to do. Because if you do something too soon, it's not valuable. So postpone intentionally. not passively. You're allowed to defer things to next quarter, next year. Just make the decision. The second thing is delete it.

Some stuff that you want to do is just not a now thing. Understanding the right time for the right action is just as important as understanding what to do. Because if you do something too soon, it's not valuable. So postpone intentionally. not passively. You're allowed to defer things to next quarter, next year. Just make the decision. The second thing is delete it.

I can't tell you how often I go through, I call it a pruning process, where I just like look at stuff that I'm currently doing and go, I'm just gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I did that for my morning routine. I used to be one of those guys that get up and had a very structured morning routine. And I was like,

I can't tell you how often I go through, I call it a pruning process, where I just like look at stuff that I'm currently doing and go, I'm just gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I did that for my morning routine. I used to be one of those guys that get up and had a very structured morning routine. And I was like,

I can't tell you how often I go through, I call it a pruning process, where I just like look at stuff that I'm currently doing and go, I'm just gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I'm gonna remove that. I did that for my morning routine. I used to be one of those guys that get up and had a very structured morning routine. And I was like,

I wonder what would happen if I actually just woke up and started to work. Turned out, really good move. Now, do I recommend people start there? No, because they hadn't built the discipline of execution. They didn't even understand what that 5% is. They didn't build the muscle of actually just getting up and working.

I wonder what would happen if I actually just woke up and started to work. Turned out, really good move. Now, do I recommend people start there? No, because they hadn't built the discipline of execution. They didn't even understand what that 5% is. They didn't build the muscle of actually just getting up and working.

I wonder what would happen if I actually just woke up and started to work. Turned out, really good move. Now, do I recommend people start there? No, because they hadn't built the discipline of execution. They didn't even understand what that 5% is. They didn't build the muscle of actually just getting up and working.

So if you don't have a process to get ready for work and you're new to this, it'll hurt you. But deleting things, pruning things is a powerful strategy. The third is delegate. And this is why I always tell people to start with a part-time assistant because most people are not good at this. Most people, when they ask somebody else to do something, it ends up not getting done the way they want it.

So if you don't have a process to get ready for work and you're new to this, it'll hurt you. But deleting things, pruning things is a powerful strategy. The third is delegate. And this is why I always tell people to start with a part-time assistant because most people are not good at this. Most people, when they ask somebody else to do something, it ends up not getting done the way they want it.

So if you don't have a process to get ready for work and you're new to this, it'll hurt you. But deleting things, pruning things is a powerful strategy. The third is delegate. And this is why I always tell people to start with a part-time assistant because most people are not good at this. Most people, when they ask somebody else to do something, it ends up not getting done the way they want it.

And the person ends up getting involved and it doesn't save them any more time because they don't know how to learn to let go. The way we do this is we got to hand off with clarity. Define what the definition of done looks like and practice delegating because it is an art. One of my core philosophies to really get more time back to focus on my 5% is to train, don't tell.

And the person ends up getting involved and it doesn't save them any more time because they don't know how to learn to let go. The way we do this is we got to hand off with clarity. Define what the definition of done looks like and practice delegating because it is an art. One of my core philosophies to really get more time back to focus on my 5% is to train, don't tell.