Get The Book (Buy Back Your Time): https://bit.ly/3pCTG78 Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3W2tjp2 At the time of this recording, I’m a 44 year old multi-millionaire. But if I could go back and give my 20 year self some advice on how to get rich a lot faster… I would tell myself these 20 things. This advice will take you way further and way faster, especially if you’re in your 20s. I don’t want you to have to learn the hard way like I did. So take this seriously and you won’t have to waste years like I did. IG: @danmartell X: @danmartell
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At the time of this recording, I'm a 44-year-old multimillionaire, but if I could go back and give my 20-year-old self some advice on how to get rich a lot faster, here's what I would say. Welcome to The Martell Method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a $100 million empire and being a Wall Street Journal bestselling author.
In this podcast, I'll show you exactly how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate. And make sure you don't miss anything by subscribing to my newsletter at martellmethod.com. Rule number one, don't lean your ladder against the wrong wall. Most people don't plan for success.
If you're climbing a ladder and you're successful, you might get to the top and realize it's leaning against the wrong wall. Then you got to climb all the way back down, grab the ladder, walk across the room to the right wall, and then lean the ladder back up and go through that whole process again. If you don't plan to be successful, you'll live a life of default, not design.
So don't get good at something you hate only to get there to realize it's not the life you want to live. Which brings us to rule number two. No one needs to change for you to win. If I wanna win, I gotta find the people that are gonna support that. I don't care what my parents, my friends, my partner, my kids say to me. I've gotta find the people that wanna support my dream.
If they don't, that's fine. That's their journey. I need to go create a scenario or find the people that are gonna help make it happen. I don't ask anybody to change for me to win. I change. I do the work. I get good at dealing with the setbacks, the self-doubt. Everybody second guesses me. I learn how to overcome those things because that's a world where I control 100% of my outcomes.
Which brings us to rule number three, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. So many people make this mistake. They do business with people they know are shitty. They get involved in selling crappy products. They raise money to build software that's essentially vaporware. Now, are there good companies in those? Maybe. But are you probably going to find the wrong one if you're just starting off?
Yes. Trying to take shortcuts today is only going to have to teach you those lessons that you're going to learn down the road when you actually win. Which brings us to rule number four, avoid difficult conversations, create a difficult life. I believe that success in all areas of life is on the backside of hard conversations.
Don't let the fear of hurting people hold you back from seeking the truth. Most people would be wildly successful if they only learned to have hard conversations. The idea of a clearing conversation, of just speaking your preferences or speaking your mind or sharing with other people your vision for life and being okay with them giving you that feedback,
Most people are scared to have those difficult conversations. And if you don't do them, it'll just make pain in your life. Which brings us to rule number five. Stop being so freaking serious. You're allowed to be successful and have a lot of fun. I can't tell you how long I went. 15 years trying to be Mr. Serious Pants and realized that I wasn't having any fun the whole time.
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