Dan Martell - October 02, 2025


Don't hire someone and tell them what to do


Episode Stats


Length

30 seconds

Words per minute

267.71652

Word count

136

Sentence count

6

Harmful content

Toxicity

4

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Summary

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In this episode, I talk about why I think the dumbest thing you could do is to hire other people and then tell them what to do in the first 90 days. I mean, why would you hire the wrong person and then do their job for them?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I think the dumbest thing you could do 1.00
00:00:01.460 is hire other people and then tell them what to do. 0.99
00:00:04.220 When I interview somebody,
00:00:05.860 the test project has them tell me,
00:00:08.420 what are you gonna do in the first 90 days?
00:00:10.120 Interview the people, look at our data.
00:00:11.900 You tell me what you're gonna do in the first 90 days.
00:00:14.380 If I gotta tell you I hired the wrong person,
00:00:16.100 why would I hire somebody and then do their job for them?
00:00:18.420 I know why people do that, because it feels safe. 0.96
00:00:20.220 I control you, that way you can't fuck it up.
00:00:22.220 But then where did you buy back your time? 0.97
00:00:23.940 Where did you get the leverage?
00:00:25.080 Where did you actually deploy dollars
00:00:27.160 to create a scenario where you get more time
00:00:29.280 and make more money.