Dan Martell - Ask a duck to be an eagle

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51 seconds

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224.00313

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191

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Misogyny

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Summary

What if there was nothing wrong with me and there was something wrong with everybody else? What if there is nothing wrong with me and there is something wrong with everyone else? How about we just agree that everybody is different?

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00:00:00.000 If you're asking a duck to be an eagle, you're an asshole. 1.00

00:00:03.220 Tell me that the kid is broken. 1.00

00:00:05.540 I will fight for that kid.

00:00:06.860 I'm so sick and tired in this world we live in

00:00:09.420 that needs to give people labels

00:00:11.000 because they don't conform to the way

00:00:13.140 they need it to be. 1.00

00:00:14.380 F*** you. 1.00

00:00:15.060 I wake up every day to try to be an example 1.00

00:00:17.520 for kids that are like looking for an example

00:00:20.140 and they're like, I don't resonate with that.

00:00:21.680 And I was diagnosed with ADHD and now I can't go to school

00:00:24.240 and I gotta put on medication.

00:00:25.480 I don't like the way the medication makes me feel.

00:00:27.180 You're just uniquely you, man.

00:00:28.480 How about we just agree?

00:00:30.000 that everybody's different that's the problem is that some parents teachers therapists are

00:00:35.720 literally saying you're not acting like this and that means you're broken there's nothing wrong

00:00:39.700 with you man what if there's nothing wrong with me and there's something wrong with everybody else

00:00:43.860 i was considered an outcast and weird all these things and i'm like oh nothing wrong with me

00:00:49.780 it's my environment man

Dan Martell - October 27, 2025

Ask a duck to be an eagle

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