Dan Martell - January 05, 2025


80% done by somebody else is 100% freaking awesome

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Dan Martell
Micromanagers are insecure… You don’t manage time, you manage energy

Episode Stats


Length

27 seconds

Words per minute

263.69

Word count

122

Sentence count

10


Summary

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How do people get past the no one can do it as well as me? My philosophy is 80% done by somebody else is 100% freaking awesome. I've just gotten to a place where my expectations are low. Does that mean it cost me a little more than if I did it myself? Yes, but I also didn t have to do it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 How do people get past the no one can do it as well as me trap?
00:00:03.780 My philosophy is 80% done by somebody else is 100% freaking awesome.
00:00:07.060 Meaning that that hour you didn't have to clean your apartment or your flat.
00:00:10.340 That was 80% awesome.
00:00:11.720 Could you have done it better?
00:00:12.780 Maybe, but you didn't.
00:00:13.860 So while they were supporting you on that part of your life,
00:00:16.180 you were hanging out with your friends, going to the gym or working on that new project.
00:00:19.160 I've just gotten to a place where my expectations are low.
00:00:22.360 Does that mean it cost me a little bit more than if I did it myself?
00:00:25.700 Yes, but I also didn't have to do it.