Dan Martell - August 28, 2023


How I use the 1-3-1 rule


Episode Stats


Length

36 seconds

Words per minute

201.21

Word count

122

Sentence count

9


Summary

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A problem well defined is a problem half-solved, and a problem unsolved is one with three viable options. Steve Jobs says it this way: it's easy to hire people and tell them what to do, but it's hard to hire someone and have them tell you how to do it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Steve Jobs says it this way.
00:00:01.240 It's easy to hire people and tell them what to do.
00:00:03.080 It's hard to hire people and have them tell you what to do.
00:00:05.720 One, three, one is this simple method.
00:00:07.280 Anytime somebody comes to you with a problem,
00:00:09.300 number one, let's talk about one specific challenge.
00:00:12.000 A problem well-defined is a problem half-solved.
00:00:14.780 Number three is what are the three viable options?
00:00:17.780 And then one recommendation.
00:00:19.640 What is the thing that you think we should do
00:00:21.780 out of your three viable options?
00:00:23.400 Here's why that's powerful.
00:00:24.500 You're gonna push decisions down to the teams
00:00:27.280 who have the most context about the problem
00:00:30.340 to make the decision anyway,
00:00:31.920 and you will buy back your time.