Dan Martell - July 15, 2025


Escaping the Rat Race： What School Failed to Teach You About Money

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1,023

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59

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I grew up poor, hated school, flunked out of the normal system. Today I run a $100M business and get to spend my time doing whatever I want, when I want. Here s the secret the system doesn t want you to know.

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00:00:00.000 Here's the secret the system doesn't want you to know.
00:00:02.980 Working hard will keep you poor.
00:00:05.300 All your life, you've been told to get good grades,
00:00:08.140 find a reliable job, and save for retirement.
00:00:10.660 But the top 1% live by a completely different set of rules.
00:00:14.280 Listen, I grew up poor, hated fricking school,
00:00:17.160 flunked out of the normal system.
00:00:18.820 Today, I run a $100 million business
00:00:21.000 and get to spend my time doing whatever I want,
00:00:24.200 when I want.
00:00:24.860 And I'm gonna share with you 15 truths you need to know
00:00:28.040 to escape the system and get rich without working hard starting with number one iq does not determine
00:00:34.520 your net worth i can prove it because my whole team out here has a higher iq than me we test
00:00:39.720 them all i'm on the lower score what matters is eq emotional intelligence and that's where people
00:00:44.760 get it wrong number two winners lose more than losers see school teaches us that losing is bad
00:00:51.640 it turns out the more you try the more you learn as long as you don't stop then you become the
00:00:55.480 the winner. Number three, leverage beats labor every freaking time. See, most bosses say work 0.69
00:01:00.720 really hard and you're going to make a lot of money. The wealthiest people I know don't work
00:01:04.520 that hard. What they look for is leverage. They use code, content, collaboration, and capital
00:01:08.880 to get more done with less time. Number four, good employers care about results, not resumes.
00:01:14.380 I don't care where my team went to school, what kind of degrees they got. I care about the shit 1.00
00:01:18.760 they built. When I think about my kids, I don't care about their school grades. I care about who 1.00
00:01:22.960 they are as people, what kind of things they accomplish. Rich people focus on getting things
00:01:27.280 done, not collecting degrees to show other people that they're smart. Number five, model, then 0.68
00:01:32.680 modify. Real artists learn how to steal like artists. When you're in school and you copy from
00:01:37.720 other people, you get in trouble. In the real world, if you don't find somebody's blueprint
00:01:41.760 and copy it, then you're just working stupid. Number six, professionals always bring tools. 0.98
00:01:46.820 See, school forces you to not use a calculator. Hey, you can't use AI. In the real world, if you
00:01:51.580 don't come with the tools, you get fired. Number seven, rejection is just redirection. So in life,
00:01:57.820 a lot of people think if you get rejected, it's final. I don't know about you, but it doesn't
00:02:01.180 matter if I get rejected from school or I get rejected from a job. That's not final. That's
00:02:05.560 just an adjustment that has to be learned. Number eight, your vibe, your energy attracts your tribe.
00:02:10.520 See, in school, you're forced to be friends and friendly with everybody. But once you get on this
00:02:14.520 real world, because school is so freaking temporary, you realize the energy of other
00:02:18.520 people affect you and your opportunities and you curate hard. Number nine, speed is way more
00:02:23.900 important than perfection. See, school brainwashes us to think that the goal is perfection. When you
00:02:29.060 get out in the real world, what people admire and appreciate is speed to results. You figure that out
00:02:34.220 and you'll be successful. Number 10, your value is worth way more than your time. See, jobs teach us
00:02:39.780 that we only get paid for our time. Real great companies show us that we get paid for the value
00:02:45.060 created in that time and there's no cap number 11 play to win don't play not to lose see most
00:02:50.820 people work in jobs where they're just every day scared they're gonna get fired instead of coming
00:02:55.060 to work trying to find opportunities to create more to be more so you have abundance in life
00:02:59.140 don't play a game out of fear play to win number 12 broke people get good at tasks rich people get
00:03:05.460 good at avoiding that see right now we're in a world where you have to be a director not a doer
00:03:10.020 the things like ai is allowing people to create even though they don't have to do the task they
00:03:14.420 they get it good at directing other people.
00:03:16.920 Rich people know that the task
00:03:18.380 is only to get them paid for doing the work.
00:03:20.340 They wanna get good at creating opportunities
00:03:22.220 and then get the work done.
00:03:23.620 See, the problem is, is broke people
00:03:24.880 keep focusing on getting good at something
00:03:26.660 that doesn't make them more money or get them better.
00:03:28.720 I focus on getting the job done
00:03:30.500 and then moving as fast as I can
00:03:31.860 to never having to do it ever again.
00:03:33.500 Number 13, retirement is only for people 0.98
00:03:36.060 that hate their work.
00:03:36.960 You wanna build a life that you never have to retire from.
00:03:39.260 See, most people call it work
00:03:40.620 because they don't enjoy doing it.
00:03:42.140 When you enjoy doing it, what do you call it?
00:03:44.000 Life.
00:03:44.780 Most people never figured that out
00:03:45.960 and that's why they'll work every day
00:03:47.120 for the rest of their life.
00:03:48.240 Number 14, trade work-life balance for an integrated life.
00:03:52.120 Most people think they gotta clock out at five
00:03:53.880 and then enjoy the family.
00:03:54.980 To me, it's all one thing.
00:03:56.300 Yesterday, I was on the boat with my mom
00:03:58.240 enjoying conversations with people
00:04:00.040 that I'm in business with.
00:04:01.300 So not only are we moving our business forward,
00:04:03.320 I'm hanging out with my mom, we're wake surfing.
00:04:05.340 And if that is work, sign me up.
00:04:07.700 Number 15, make the decision, then make it right.
00:04:11.200 See, most people are told you should have a plan.
00:04:13.620 you should have a business plan you should have a plan for your life guess what plan stands for
00:04:18.260 procrastination labeled as normal most people i know that when in life they make a decision
00:04:23.220 they execute and then they figure out how to make it right so those are the 15 truths to escape the
00:04:27.300 system but if you want to go from zero to a million the next 12 months and click the link
00:04:31.300 and i'll see you on the other side