Dan Martell - The best entrepreneurs are...

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00:00:00.000 Did you know statistically the richest people in the world

00:00:02.660 were not A students, they weren't B students.

00:00:04.860 Most of them were C students.

00:00:06.220 C students, they just don't follow rules.

00:00:09.720 Like the fact that they're like,

00:00:10.820 I get you wanna teach me this, I don't care that much.

00:00:13.420 They're willing to walk to a different beat.

00:00:16.020 They're willing to deal with that level of uncertainty

00:00:18.280 that is bigger than other people.

00:00:19.960 The real skill to be successful

00:00:22.400 is being willing to be misunderstood,

00:00:25.000 being willing to do the thing

00:00:26.140 when other people don't get you,

00:00:27.420 being willing to get bad grades.

00:00:28.880 It doesn't mean you're dumb.

00:00:30.000 It just means you're deciding to prioritize different things.

00:00:32.600 A students, they're really good at memorizing the rules.

00:00:35.520 C students, they just rewrite them.

Dan Martell - November 07, 2025