Dan Martell - January 21, 2026


Boss vs Leader


Episode Stats


Length

43 seconds

Words per minute

226.0

Word count

164

Sentence count

12


Summary

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Nothing pisses me off more than my team failing. Winners lose more than losers, so as long as we're failing and we're learning, then I expect failure to be part of the process. I just set up systems and playbooks so that most problems just get handled without me.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I've got to approve every company move.
00:00:02.600 I set goals and directions and I let people own how it's actually done.
00:00:06.260 I'm always paying attention to where people are slowing down.
00:00:09.400 I just totally trust my team to act like adults and if we don't, it's just not a fit.
00:00:13.260 I just expect people to do the thing exactly how I would do it.
00:00:17.300 I just expect my team to find better ways to do things than I would.
00:00:20.400 Nothing pisses me off more than my team failing.
00:00:23.480 Winners lose more than losers, so as long as we're failing and we're learning,
00:00:26.920 then I expect failure to be part of the process.
00:00:28.600 I've always got to fix everything.
00:00:31.480 I just set up systems and playbooks so that most problems just get handled without me.
00:00:35.380 The truth is, when we win, it's 100% because of me.
00:00:38.660 I could never do what I do without the people around me, and they deserve all the credit.