Dan Martell - How to decide what you actually say YES to in your life

00:00:00.000 And there's three things that I have to evaluate

00:00:02.520 before I say yes to something.

00:00:04.300 Over the years, I keep adding these filters

00:00:06.260 for if and when I say yes.

00:00:08.140 The success habits that I've committed to myself,

00:00:11.100 if those things are gonna be sacrificed,

00:00:12.900 like I wouldn't do it.

00:00:13.860 Second is commitment to others.

00:00:15.640 The times I've created pain in my relationship with my wife

00:00:18.900 or felt like I wasn't showing up properly for my kids

00:00:21.680 is because I said yes to something that took away

00:00:24.080 from the things I've already committed to.

00:00:26.720 Sometimes in the excitement of a new opportunity,

00:00:29.000 I say yes, and I forget, oh no,

00:00:31.100 I've already made these commitments to people.

00:00:32.960 For me to even say yes to this,

00:00:34.280 I have to go and evaluate and renegotiate those commitments.

00:00:37.460 And then the third one is the business fundamentals.

00:00:40.040 What usually causes pain for a lot of entrepreneurs

00:00:43.060 that are successful is saying yes to more stuff.

00:00:46.420 And then the new thing, not only isn't doing well,

00:00:49.220 taking your eye off of your existing thing

00:00:51.400 causes that not to do well.

00:00:53.260 And then you have this double whammy.

00:00:54.440 If I can see myself saying yes

00:00:57.380 and not sacrificing those three things,

00:00:59.540 then I say yes.

Dan Martell - October 08, 2026