Dan Martell - April 25, 2024


How Powerful Pain Can Be


Episode Stats


Length

52 seconds

Words per minute

228.49564

Word count

201

Sentence count

13


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about how the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain that comes from trying to change. People won t change until they become a better version of themselves. I break down why this is and how to overcome it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 People won't change until the pain of staying the same
00:00:02.660 is greater than the pain of change.
00:00:04.440 It's tough, but what they don't realize
00:00:05.740 on the other end of that,
00:00:06.840 you get to become somebody where it's not hard anymore.
00:00:09.300 So a lot of people that are in pain and addiction
00:00:11.420 and setbacks, they have vices.
00:00:13.020 The social media, the womanizing, the sugar, the gambling.
00:00:17.280 Every one of those is a thing holding somebody back
00:00:19.880 from fullest expression of who they are.
00:00:21.560 The problem is the pain of change for a lot of people,
00:00:24.000 it's big.
00:00:24.740 My rule is create the stakes and make it a non-negotiable.
00:00:28.000 You have to publicly claim to the world
00:00:30.820 what you're trying to accomplish,
00:00:32.100 and if you don't accomplish it,
00:00:33.480 there is a massive downside for you not accomplishing that.
00:00:36.500 The other day I was coaching a client.
00:00:37.800 He's like, I'm done, I'm getting fit, this is the year.
00:00:40.080 I said, are you sure?
00:00:41.000 He goes, yeah, if you don't do it,
00:00:42.120 I will publicly post you didn't do it.
00:00:43.880 He goes, oh, are we good?
00:00:46.020 He's like, heard, perfect.
00:00:48.240 Most people will do way more for other people
00:00:51.780 than they'll do for themselves.