Dan Martell - How to Change Your Life in 30 Days

00:00:00.000 this is how to change your life in 30 days step one cut the crap it's time as the kids say to lock 0.89

00:00:06.800 the in most people's whole year is multitasking to get nothing done have you ever seen the person 0.96

00:00:12.080 that goes like hey count to one two three four five six then do a b c d f g and how long it takes

00:00:17.200 them to do that if they do it quick it might take like 15 seconds if they go a1 b2 c3 and onward

00:00:24.640 it can take them over a minute and a half so you're forcing your brain to context switch because

00:00:29.040 you have too many things going on pick one let's get a win first off we have to write one primary

00:00:35.120 outcome for the next 30 days what is the one thing that if you just got done it would change your

00:00:41.520 energy around your life the second is we have to choose two habits that are going to drive that

00:00:46.000 forward the way we do that is we habit stack so if the thing is to get in a better shape then you

00:00:50.800 might go work out every day and eat better food last we have to say no to anything that doesn't

00:00:56.240 feed that one goal. Learn to say no. If it's not a hell yes aligned to that goal, it should be a

00:01:01.220 heck no. Pick one f***ing goal. Add two simple habits that feed it. Ignore the rest. So once 0.98

00:01:07.180 you cut the crap and the overload is gone, you have to focus. So now's the time to adapt to the 0.96

00:01:12.460 next 30 days. Step two, when things are easy, go hard. I learned this from my coach and he calls

00:01:19.080 it separation season. There's two times a year where everybody else can coast. Everybody else

00:01:24.320 goes on vacation everybody else slows down think about summertime and christmas time take those

00:01:29.580 two times a year and create separation from everybody else it's kind of like being on a

00:01:35.060 highway at night and when you look around there's no traffic there's no distractions and you in your

00:01:40.300 car of life can floor it you build that gap on your competition and that's what separates you

00:01:46.060 from everybody else so here's how you separate yourself first that first 90 minutes that is what

00:01:51.700 I consider the deep work. That is where you separate yourself from everybody else. That is

00:01:56.000 where you get focused on your number one priority. Whatever problem is in your life, maybe you don't

00:02:01.220 feel fit or you don't have love or you want to make more money, that has to be the first 90

00:02:06.280 minutes of that day. You have to give yourself the gift of being intentional and focused on you

00:02:11.380 getting that reward. Next, we have to skip the party. Don't lose your early morning productivity

00:02:16.360 because you stay up later than you should when you should have been recovering because now is

00:02:20.660 the time to actually go hard in the paint. And finally, pick one weekend day to double your key

00:02:26.040 habit. I consider the weekdays when I get done the weekend when I get better so I can have more

00:02:32.680 leverage to get more things done. Weekends is when you actually double down. For me, it's Saturdays.

00:02:37.940 I practice my prompt engineering. I use it to improve my skills. I work on the skills that

00:02:42.720 make me more valuable so that I can be more valuable to people in my life. And if you do

00:02:46.920 these three things, you will create separation from everybody else. So now that you've created

00:02:51.640 that separation, it's time to set your daily rituals. Step number three, set daily non-negotiables.

00:02:58.380 Non-negotiable means you do it every day. So when I mentor other founders, I have these five daily

00:03:03.660 non-negotiables, but I want to keep this really simple and easy for you. So I'm going to teach

00:03:07.520 three of them, but essentially there's zero days off. If the day ends with D-A-Y, they do these 1.00

00:03:13.240 because I want to create a rhythm of success.

00:03:16.900 When you can live your life in momentum,

00:03:19.160 you wanna fight to stay in it

00:03:20.460 because things are exponentially

00:03:22.140 and geometrically more powerful.

00:03:24.080 It's like putting your clothes on.

00:03:25.320 You don't debate it, you just do it.

00:03:27.480 The way I think about it,

00:03:28.440 it's kind of like when I created my elite program.

00:03:30.540 I wanted to design these five daily non-negotiables

00:03:33.380 in a way that it would make it impossible

00:03:35.900 for them not to win.

00:03:37.380 And for what it's worth,

00:03:38.220 if you're a business owner

00:03:39.160 and you're looking to scale past seven figures

00:03:41.320 and you feel stuck and you're interested

00:03:42.720 and working with me, just click the link below

00:03:44.700 or scan the QR code and we'll see if it's a fit.

00:03:47.020 It's what I do every day with my eyes closed

00:03:49.180 to help people win in life.

00:03:51.040 So these are the three daily non-negotiables

00:03:53.340 anybody can apply to accelerate their wins.

00:03:56.840 The first is your body.

00:03:58.300 What are the one or two habits that feed your body?

00:04:00.860 Is it movement?

00:04:01.640 Is it your eating habits?

00:04:02.600 Is it your vitamins?

00:04:03.460 Is it your stretching?

00:04:04.480 For me lately, I'm 45.

00:04:06.180 Stretching has become a big component in my life,

00:04:08.100 but I've learned that a body emotion stays emotion.

00:04:10.860 Number two is your mind.

00:04:12.360 What's one to two daily habits that could feed your mind?

00:04:15.660 For me, I have to read.

00:04:17.320 I have to read at least 10 pages.

00:04:19.000 I look at it like I'm mining for something

00:04:21.020 I can give back to the world.

00:04:22.580 I wanna be learning.

00:04:23.920 I wanna be meditating.

00:04:25.340 Those are things that help me create awareness

00:04:27.660 of this life I'm living in

00:04:29.160 so that I can be better for the people around me.

00:04:31.580 The third is business.

00:04:32.480 Think of the one or two habits

00:04:33.880 that you could add in your business to move it forward.

00:04:36.900 Think about the marketing activities,

00:04:38.720 the daily outreach, the sales calls.

00:04:40.380 For example, one of the things I make every one of my clients do is post three stories a day.

00:04:46.740 Three times a day, I want them to pull out their phone, talk to their phone.

00:04:49.560 It's really awkward and post those on their stories, on Instagram, on Facebook, on TikTok.

00:04:54.400 I actually don't care where because it's the process of doing it.

00:04:58.080 It helps their business.

00:04:59.240 It helps them grow.

00:05:00.260 It helps them overcome their fear of learning to communicate or creating content.

00:05:04.420 And that pushes them outside their comfort zone.

00:05:07.420 For most people, it's improving their business relationships.

00:05:09.880 For other people, it could be marketing,

00:05:11.480 trying to figure out how do you get your message

00:05:13.180 about what you do in the right places.

00:05:14.860 Could be just shaking more hands.

00:05:16.720 You know, the more hands you shake, the more money you make.

00:05:18.520 I don't know what it is for you,

00:05:19.520 but think about the two habits in your business

00:05:21.080 that can move it forward.

00:05:22.020 One or two habits for your mind, your body, and your business.

00:05:25.220 Anybody can do this.

00:05:26.440 With your habits locked in,

00:05:28.380 it's time to eliminate every single biggest thing

00:05:31.300 holding you back from your goals.

00:05:33.040 Number four, stop making excuses.

00:05:37.120 Excuses are just lies that keep you comfortable.

00:05:39.320 You know, I don't have the money.

00:05:40.160 I don't have the relationships.

00:05:41.540 Those are just things you tell yourself

00:05:43.400 to make it okay for not doing something.

00:05:45.700 I get that laying in a warm bed

00:05:47.940 and warm blankets feels really good,

00:05:50.720 but you know what feels great?

00:05:53.080 Living a life of your dreams.

00:05:55.640 And please don't say, I'll start on Monday.

00:05:58.760 That used to be my move. 0.61

00:06:00.340 I would be like Saturday, ate like a pig.

00:06:02.640 All right, I'm gonna start my diet on Monday.

00:06:04.600 Guess what?

00:06:05.280 You can start a diet halfway through a bag of chips.

00:06:07.840 For me, what happened is Monday

00:06:08.900 became next week and then eventually next month and then eventually next year because i never got

00:06:13.540 to it i kept pushing it off so here are my favorite ways to eliminate excuses to make the last month

00:06:19.460 the most productive of the year first we have to say our excuse out loud give it a name like actually

00:06:24.900 talk to it you can actually write it down and say oh this is my excuse it's got a name let's call it

00:06:29.940 bob bob why are you in my life i really would like for you to trade off having that conversation might

00:06:35.300 sound wonky but when we name things we then have the ability to change things second we have to ask

00:06:41.860 does this serve me challenge it what would it mean if i didn't have this in my life i like to ask

00:06:48.500 questions like where did this come from who taught it to me why do i continuously allow myself to

00:06:54.180 enable this behavior because it's in my life when you put a spotlight on it it starts to dissolve

00:06:59.860 there's this great quote that says sunlight sanitizes sunlight putting attention on it will

00:07:04.740 dissolve it. We'll clean it up. We'll get rid of it. And lastly, if you can't dissolve it,

00:07:10.440 ignore it. It sounds crazy, but I tell people all the time, feel the feelings, have the excuse,

00:07:15.360 fly the plane. See, when people talk about like being courageous or taking action in spite of

00:07:20.300 fear, that's what courage requires. Courage isn't, I did it. Courage is I'm scared shitless right now

00:07:26.400 and I'm going to do it anyway. If you do that, I can guarantee that you're on your way to make

00:07:31.760 this last month of the year, the best month of the year.

00:07:34.580 So now that your excuses are gone,

00:07:36.840 there's one more thing holding you back.

00:07:39.560 Step five, cut your time assassins.

00:07:42.960 Being successful isn't about what you do,

00:07:46.400 it's actually more about what you don't do.

00:07:48.800 When I think about like the ultimate

00:07:50.380 personal development plan, it's waking up in the morning,

00:07:53.420 asking yourself, scan the previous day

00:07:55.460 and go out of everything I did yesterday,

00:07:57.340 is there something I wish I didn't do?

00:07:59.060 But if I then knew what that was

00:08:00.660 and I make a commitment for today

00:08:02.440 to do the thing that I didn't do

00:08:04.720 or to stop doing the thing that I knew I shouldn't have done,

00:08:08.060 then today will be a better day.

00:08:09.560 That's why in my book, Buy Back Your Time,

00:08:11.620 I have a whole chapter dedicated to time assassins

00:08:14.180 because I realized it doesn't even require money

00:08:16.820 to buy back your time.

00:08:18.220 It requires you to stop stealing your time

00:08:20.580 by having these time assassins show up

00:08:22.840 and literally take from you.

00:08:24.300 And if I were to bet,

00:08:25.580 one of your time assassins lives

00:08:27.520 in one of these five categories.

00:08:29.180 The first one is notification.

00:08:31.140 Turn them off.

00:08:32.280 I don't have notifications on my phone.

00:08:34.140 Look, I literally pull out my phone, no notifications.

00:08:37.900 Don't need them.

00:08:38.880 Why?

00:08:39.900 If somebody needs to call me, I'll go check my missed calls.

00:08:43.040 If somebody needs to get ahold of me,

00:08:44.260 I'll go check whatever I need to check.

00:08:45.900 So just turn off the notifications.

00:08:47.440 Your focus and attention is worth way more to you

00:08:50.100 than other people's need to distract you.

00:08:52.540 Second are the vices.

00:08:54.160 Remove them from your life.

00:08:55.240 And the vices aren't just alcohol, drugs.

00:08:58.680 It could be video games.

00:09:00.140 It could be anything you feel guilty for doing the next day

00:09:04.440 because it took away from you.

00:09:05.940 That's what a vice is.

00:09:06.920 Third is energy vampires.

00:09:08.660 And this one, I can't tell you how powerful it is

00:09:11.840 if you add it to your life.

00:09:13.360 To essentially do a friendventory,

00:09:15.660 look at the people in your life

00:09:16.880 and curate out the ones that take your energy.

00:09:19.900 When I interact with somebody,

00:09:20.860 I ask myself a simple question.

00:09:22.260 Was that easy, light, fun?

00:09:24.480 Did I learn something?

00:09:25.560 If the answer is no, I say no in the future

00:09:28.060 so I can create the space to say yes to somebody

00:09:29.880 I may not even know.

00:09:31.160 Fourth is late nights.

00:09:32.620 I care more about getting up early

00:09:34.080 and having that time to myself

00:09:35.320 than I do staying up late at night.

00:09:37.160 My favorite thing my mother-in-law always says

00:09:39.280 is nothing great happens after 9 p.m. anyway,

00:09:42.460 so go to sleep.

00:09:43.440 So here's a pro tip.

00:09:44.800 Set an alarm for when you go to bed.

00:09:47.460 Try figuring out your go-to-bed routine,

00:09:49.640 not a wake-up routine.

00:09:51.020 Number five is saying yes.

00:09:52.800 Most people need to learn to say no.

00:09:55.520 People have to say no to other folks

00:09:56.880 that are asking them to do things

00:09:58.020 that aren't aligned with their goals.

00:09:59.040 Say no to the distraction.

00:10:01.380 Say no to these long conversations that don't go anywhere.

00:10:03.880 Just say no.

00:10:05.260 And no is a full sentence and it ends with a period.

00:10:08.560 So now that we've freed up your time,

00:10:10.600 it's time to make some progress.

00:10:12.740 Step number six, stack the small wins.

00:10:15.920 Most people don't celebrate the little tiny wins.

00:10:18.880 See, what you do when you celebrate those small wins

00:10:21.080 is you build belief and belief builds identity.

00:10:24.080 And it's actually the identity that drives the actions.

00:10:26.940 When I'm driving home after work,

00:10:29.500 I don't have to convince myself

00:10:30.980 not to stop to buy a pack of cigarettes.

00:10:33.060 Why?

00:10:33.880 I don't smoke.

00:10:35.460 Identity makes it easy for me.

00:10:37.380 It's like when I go to the gym,

00:10:38.980 tracking my lifts, even if I don't get stronger,

00:10:42.040 still makes the win there because I track the lift.

00:10:45.480 So here's how you track your wins

00:10:46.860 to make this month the month 1.00

00:10:48.880 where you start to build your identity.

00:10:50.520 Number one, we have to track your progress.

00:10:53.080 Every little thing you have to measure.

00:10:55.420 Peter Drucker always says,

00:10:56.460 what you measure will get managed.

00:10:58.420 If you measure things,

00:10:59.640 then you will start to make better decisions.

00:11:01.520 So measure your steps per day,

00:11:02.860 measure the marketing you're doing,

00:11:04.260 measure your weight, measure your revenue,

00:11:05.760 measure what matters to your goal and track it.

00:11:09.240 I like to put things in a spreadsheet.

00:11:11.200 Every Friday, I track myself

00:11:12.920 across seven different dimensions, okay?

00:11:14.980 It's the last bonus chapter in my book.

00:11:17.340 And these are just my life scores

00:11:18.760 around things like love and hobbies

00:11:21.020 and money and spirituality.

00:11:22.880 And because of that, I have a chance every Friday

00:11:25.320 to reflect on my week, to measure myself.

00:11:27.660 And then I choose my two lowest scores

00:11:29.260 and I do one thing, action for each

00:11:32.000 to make it better the following week.

00:11:33.560 Number two is identify the win.

00:11:35.380 Most people just coast through life.

00:11:37.040 Things happen to them

00:11:37.860 and they don't even notice the progress.

00:11:39.820 They don't even stop to like celebrate.

00:11:42.600 My creative director hit 2 million on YouTube.

00:11:46.000 It's our project,

00:11:47.080 but he's the one that's spearheading it and creating it.

00:11:49.360 He wasn't even gonna celebrate it.

00:11:50.880 It's just like onto the next thing.

00:11:53.020 Don't be that person.

00:11:53.880 See, when you celebrate the little,

00:11:55.560 the big ones come to life.

00:11:56.840 If you don't appreciate what you have,

00:11:58.760 God's not gonna give you more to deal with.

00:12:00.400 And number three, share it with the world.

00:12:03.100 See, a lot of people don't wanna share their progress

00:12:05.340 because they don't wanna be considered braggadocious.

00:12:07.940 Here's what I've learned.

00:12:08.960 The more you share your wins,

00:12:10.820 the more consistent you'll be

00:12:12.320 because you've now just been public

00:12:13.900 about what you just won at.

00:12:15.120 So if you went and lost a bunch of weight

00:12:16.360 and you shared it on social media,

00:12:17.680 well, guess what?

00:12:18.140 When people see you next time and go,

00:12:19.200 oh my God, how are you doing?

00:12:20.280 Are you keeping it off?

00:12:21.080 And you're gonna be like, yep.

00:12:21.880 because you don't wanna be the person that says no.

00:12:24.180 You don't wanna win in private

00:12:25.960 so that nobody holds you accountable.

00:12:27.840 But the best part is you will 100% inspire them.

00:12:31.780 Isn't that the coolest thing?

00:12:33.060 I consider the three H's.

00:12:34.600 We go through the world and we unfortunately have to hurt.

00:12:37.640 Then if we're mature enough

00:12:39.440 and we learn these things I'm sharing with you,

00:12:41.620 we heal from those things.

00:12:43.340 And then the last part,

00:12:44.340 which is why you should share with the world

00:12:45.700 is that you can help other people

00:12:47.120 by sharing your story of winning, of transformation,

00:12:51.020 of the setback and the struggles and how you overcame it.

00:12:54.240 By sharing this video with people.

00:12:55.700 If this video helps you, then share it with other people

00:12:58.420 so that you can help them with your story, with your journey.

00:13:01.820 I think it's the most powerful idea in the world.

00:13:03.600 And if you do that, you'll start stacking wins

00:13:05.840 that will build your belief,

00:13:07.080 that will eventually shape your identity

00:13:08.540 to make it not even a habit, just who you are.

00:13:11.020 Now that you've got momentum, this last message is to you.

00:13:15.380 Step number seven, start today.

00:13:17.940 imperfect action today beats a perfect plan for tomorrow whatever it is you've got 30 days this

00:13:25.760 month to actually turn it into reality here's why like a plane taking off the first few minutes take

00:13:32.480 the most fuel so you just got to get that motion going get the plane off the runway once you're in

00:13:38.200 the air it's actually easier to keep momentum but the reason i'm so passionate about this is because

00:13:42.660 I believe that life isn't about just being happy. Life is about fulfillment. And to feel fulfilled,

00:13:48.780 we have to do two things. And this is like my core message to everybody. If we ever have a

00:13:53.640 chance to sit down, have coffee, this is what I would tell you. Number one, we want to wake up

00:13:57.140 every day to strive to become the best version of ourselves. What I like to call our 10.0 self,

00:14:03.300 your best moments of your life all into one day. And you live that day every day. That is the 10.0

00:14:09.280 version of yourself so we got to wake up every day to become that person and then the second

00:14:13.080 part to this to feel true fulfillment is to share yourself with the world share your wins share your

00:14:18.320 process share your progress see that's what we're here to do we're here not just to make our lives

00:14:23.060 better we're here to use our example to help other people that's what it's always been about that's

00:14:28.180 why the worst thing that's ever happened to you is actually your purpose if you're willing to look

00:14:34.140 there. And that's why for me, this month, the last month, setting you up to build that momentum

00:14:39.800 into the new year is one of the most important times of the year for you to finally get on the

00:14:45.060 train of feeling fulfilled. So on that note, I need you to do two things. Number one, write down

00:14:50.960 your 30-day goal right now. If it's lose 20 pounds in the next 30 days, that's aggressive, but write

00:14:56.540 it down. And number two is commit. Post that goal on social media right now and tag me for

00:15:03.820 accountability at Dan Martell, 2Ls and Martell on all platforms. That's what I need you to do right

00:15:09.060 now. If you start this process, that life you've been dreaming of, it's not that far away. You got

00:15:14.500 this. Just fucking do it. Now, as a reminder, if you're a business owner and your goal is to pass 1.00

00:15:19.760 seven figures in 2026 without sucking your life away, just scan the QR code or click the first

00:15:25.000 link in the description below and I'll see if I can help. And if you want to learn the 40 brutal

00:15:29.040 truths that took me from broke at 24 to a millionaire at 27, click here and I'll see you

00:15:34.220 on the other side.

Dan Martell - December 01, 2025

How to Change Your Life in 30 Days

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