Dan Martell - September 19, 2023


Don’t be afraid to ask for help

Hosted by
Dan Martell
Mentioned
Stuart
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Episode Stats


Length

44 seconds

Words per minute

237.16

Word count

177

Sentence count

10


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about how important it is to have a good relationship with your father and how to overcome the ego to get the help you need. I think a lot of people have a hard time asking their dad for advice because they think they don t need his help. In this episode of the podcast, I share a story of how I overcame the ego and got the help I needed from my dad.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 So many friends of mine,
00:00:01.180 either their spouse or their best friend
00:00:03.580 is world-class at the thing they're doing
00:00:05.660 and they don't ask that person for help.
00:00:07.440 I had a hard time asking my dad for advice.
00:00:10.560 I had all these beliefs.
00:00:11.880 I don't need his help.
00:00:13.300 I'm gonna show him I can do it.
00:00:15.000 Got introduced through a friend to this guy, Stuart,
00:00:17.400 but he actually had done work with my dad.
00:00:19.460 He just says to me, what does your dad think of this?
00:00:21.560 And I was like, I don't really ask my dad for advice.
00:00:24.100 He tells me point blank,
00:00:25.280 Dan, I want you to know your dad
00:00:27.360 is one of the best business minds I've ever met.
00:00:30.280 And I've worked with the highest level people
00:00:31.900 across all these major companies.
00:00:33.700 You gotta decide, do you care about proving him wrong
00:00:36.160 or do you care about being more successful?
00:00:37.900 In that moment, I realized I had to get past myself,
00:00:41.100 get rid of the ego to get all the resources
00:00:43.860 I had access to.