Dan Martell - February 29, 2016


How to Become a Belief Collector ｜ Dan Martell

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5 minutes

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1,160

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64


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In this episode, I talk about how to become a belief collector. I believe that the beliefs that you have about what's possible in your life are the ones that guide everything you do and guide everything else. I know that many of you have negative beliefs and scripts that play in your head and you're not even aware of them. And I think that if you don't start collecting your beliefs, then you'll never get going in your business.

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00:00:00.000 How to become a belief collector.
00:00:02.120 Here's what I'm going to share with you guys.
00:00:03.220 I know that everything in your life
00:00:04.900 comes from beliefs that you have about what's possible.
00:00:08.140 And I get the challenges that many of you guys
00:00:10.180 have these negative beliefs or you have these,
00:00:12.440 my friend Ramit calls them scripts that play in your head
00:00:15.140 and you're not even aware of them.
00:00:17.980 And I just believe that the beliefs that you have
00:00:20.480 is guiding everything.
00:00:22.420 When I was a teenager, if you don't know my story,
00:00:24.740 I had a really challenging or what I call colorful upbringing.
00:00:28.020 I got, you know, put in a foster home when I was 11.
00:00:30.940 I ended up in group homes, involved in drugs.
00:00:34.200 Eventually, I ended up in jail, and I really had a challenging time,
00:00:37.700 and it was this guy, Brian, that sat me down one day,
00:00:40.280 and I still remember, and he just told me, like,
00:00:42.600 I don't believe you're this type of person.
00:00:44.700 The life you've been living is not who I'm seeing.
00:00:48.620 And there was a moment where my prior beliefs to who I was
00:00:52.460 and my value and worth in the world were totally different.
00:00:55.580 And just with one comment, here's a guy that just off the cuff, sat me down, looked me in the eyes, and shared his belief for who he thought I was, and it changed everything.
00:01:05.180 I wouldn't be here today sharing my story and been blessed to have had all the business success I've had if it wasn't for one person.
00:01:11.640 And I just want to share with you guys the idea of beliefs and how to collect them.
00:01:15.540 Some of you guys have ones you're trying to succeed in business, but one of your beliefs is it takes money to make money.
00:01:20.860 It does not take money to make money.
00:01:22.240 It takes resources to make money.
00:01:24.200 So if you believe that, then you'll never get going.
00:01:26.960 You'll never start.
00:01:27.780 Maybe another belief is that money is the root of all evil.
00:01:30.300 You've probably heard that one.
00:01:31.320 Well, if that's true, then why would you ever
00:01:33.260 try to generate profits?
00:01:34.780 Because money will be evil if I get any.
00:01:37.880 Or wealthy people sacrifice their family and friends
00:01:41.380 to achieve wealth.
00:01:42.540 I mean, if you truly believe that,
00:01:44.060 and maybe you do and you don't even realize that it's there,
00:01:46.560 then you'll never be able to grow.
00:01:47.740 So what I want to teach you guys is a place to go collect,
00:01:50.340 or ways to go collect positive beliefs, right?
00:01:52.560 So the number one is quote books.
00:01:55.120 Did you know that there are quote books
00:01:57.360 that people have gone and published
00:01:59.400 and collected all the top quotes
00:02:00.920 on different categories, et cetera,
00:02:02.620 and put them together in a book?
00:02:04.040 And you can buy them on Amazon,
00:02:05.360 on your Kindle, in audio format, physical,
00:02:07.800 and you can sit down and consume them.
00:02:09.180 If you spend 30 minutes a day reading these quotes
00:02:12.480 and the ones that resonate,
00:02:13.780 see, what I love about quotes is
00:02:15.020 essentially takes a concept, an idea, a strategy,
00:02:19.080 and just puts it into 140 characters sometimes.
00:02:22.280 I mean, these powerful, game-changing quotes,
00:02:24.980 these beliefs are there for you to have and adopt
00:02:27.880 and implement and use in your life.
00:02:29.680 All you have to do is read and then highlight the ones
00:02:31.880 that you like, maybe start collecting them,
00:02:34.080 put them in an Evernote file, or write them down
00:02:36.680 and just review them every once in a while.
00:02:38.380 Maybe start using them in your conversations
00:02:40.280 and try to integrate them into your life.
00:02:41.680 But quote books is a huge way for you
00:02:43.980 to start collecting beliefs.
00:02:45.580 The second one is watching TED Talks.
00:02:47.680 Like, to me, TED is like not only about sharing ideas,
00:02:51.180 of some of the most powerful stories and approaches
00:02:55.020 and accomplishments and outcomes that have ever happened
00:02:58.060 in the history of the world, they go on TED
00:03:00.480 and they share their story, their beliefs.
00:03:02.280 And you can see these quotes and these ideas
00:03:04.740 and you can just kind of take them and just write them down.
00:03:07.340 Same thing, just start collecting them,
00:03:09.000 start adding them to your life.
00:03:10.580 So TED Talks is a big one.
00:03:11.680 It's something I do every morning.
00:03:13.220 I work out and I watch TED videos.
00:03:15.220 I watch them with my kids.
00:03:16.380 It's a big part of just getting set for my day.
00:03:20.300 and I want to invite you guys to do the same thing.
00:03:22.440 The third one to me is get around people.
00:03:24.760 Get around other people that have better beliefs,
00:03:27.040 more empowering beliefs, more positive beliefs,
00:03:29.820 like your peers, other people that are maybe
00:03:31.840 one or two years ahead of you.
00:03:33.440 I call those kind of your peers, maybe their advisors,
00:03:36.100 people that you admire that have accomplished things,
00:03:38.380 mentors, people that have been to the end,
00:03:40.880 have seen how it all works out.
00:03:42.180 Just talk to them, spend time with them.
00:03:44.760 You know, go host a founder's lunch, go to an event,
00:03:48.360 and just listen to them, and start being aware.
00:03:51.160 Listen to those beliefs,
00:03:52.240 because they have a different view on the world,
00:03:54.440 and it's why they've achieved what they've achieved,
00:03:56.240 and I want that for you.
00:03:57.540 So, real quick, I want to just argue the three things
00:04:00.580 to become a belief collector.
00:04:02.140 One is quote books.
00:04:03.880 Go and get a bunch of quote books, buy them,
00:04:06.020 read them every morning, spend 15 minutes at minimum,
00:04:08.480 10 pages, boom, you start collecting some.
00:04:10.680 Watch TED videos.
00:04:11.980 Just go look at the most popular ones
00:04:13.820 if you don't know where to start,
00:04:14.780 and just start cranking through those,
00:04:16.020 and start writing down some notes.
00:04:17.520 And then also get around people that are inspiring,
00:04:20.500 that are a bit further in their career,
00:04:22.320 their objectives that you wanna kinda learn from.
00:04:25.380 And the other thing, if you don't,
00:04:26.800 you didn't see what I just did here,
00:04:27.940 with the title of this video is, this is a belief.
00:04:32.220 Become a quote, or a belief collector.
00:04:34.640 Actually, I'm giving you a belief to go out into the world
00:04:37.980 with that radar to actually see these
00:04:40.220 and collect them for you by the video title.
00:04:43.400 So I don't know if you guys saw that,
00:04:44.700 I'm pretty proud of myself.
00:04:45.740 You know, a little different layers in this video.
00:04:48.300 But anyways, if you know somebody that needs to hear this,
00:04:50.620 I would ask you to share this with them.
00:04:52.840 I would also invite you to subscribe and leave a comment.
00:04:55.200 I wanna know which one of these three strategies
00:04:57.440 are you willing and committing to doing today.
00:04:59.540 Leave a comment below and just let me know.
00:05:01.060 Is it one, is it two, is it three?
00:05:02.600 Just label it out, leave a comment below.
00:05:04.320 I wanna challenge you as usual to live a bigger life
00:05:06.900 and a bigger business and I'll see you next Monday.