Dan Martell - September 26, 2025


Just make the call


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Length

53 seconds

Words per minute

231.62999

Word count

207

Sentence count

25

Harmful content

Toxicity

3

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In this episode, I talk about how to connect with engineering firms and how to make connections with people who work at them. I also talk about why it's a good idea to call an engineering firm instead of e-mailing them.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I'm trying to get more into like engineering.
00:00:02.080 What is a place that an engineer would go to?
00:00:03.880 So if you want an engineering firm,
00:00:05.980 then who would you need to learn from?
00:00:07.780 Somebody who is also in engineering
00:00:10.320 and has his own company.
00:00:11.740 Where do you think I'm at right now?
00:00:12.860 Google.
00:00:13.420 Engineering firm number one.
00:00:14.880 Call.
00:00:15.500 5.30.
00:00:16.260 Bad attitude.
00:00:17.300 They're going to answer because it is after 5.30
00:00:19.460 and they're working late because they're the CEO.
00:00:21.300 That's what I believe.
00:00:22.280 So go through, just call everybody?
00:00:24.100 That's what I'm doing.
00:00:25.060 How's it going?
00:00:25.680 You're an engineering firm? 1.00
00:00:26.900 Damn Martel. 0.99
00:00:27.700 I'm calling because I have a friend, Tejpal, 0.98
00:00:29.740 that is a young up-and-coming engineer and he's looking to connect with people that have engineering
00:00:34.380 firms. Would it be crazy if I had him email you some questions and maybe take a six-minute phone
00:00:39.600 call? He's just looking for some advice. Tejpa, how old are you? 20. He's 20. No expectations, but if
00:00:44.440 you're okay, I'll just have him email you and you guys can take it from there. Oh, right here. Look,
00:00:47.900 he wants to talk. Go for a walk. Okay. Yeah, dude. He didn't want an email. Busy people want to do it now.