Dan Martell - The biggest time wasters are tasks that never needed to be done

00:00:00.000 This woman is cooking a roast.

00:00:01.480 She takes the roast, cuts the ends off,

00:00:03.140 puts it in the oven, and you're sitting there,

00:00:04.960 and you look at the amount of stuff

00:00:06.080 that came off the ends, and it's good.

00:00:07.900 There's nothing wrong with it.

00:00:08.700 And you ask her, Miss Smith, I'm curious.

00:00:10.940 Why do you cut off the ends of the roast?

00:00:12.660 And her reply is, I don't know.

00:00:14.240 My mom's always done it that way,

00:00:15.400 and that's the way I've done it.

00:00:16.320 Do you mind if we call your mom?

00:00:17.720 I'm curious, why does she do that?

00:00:19.140 She goes, I don't know, let's call my mom.

00:00:20.300 Hey, mom, she's like, hello, daughter, la, la, la, la, la.

00:00:22.800 Hey, mom, I'm just curious.

00:00:23.880 Why did you cut the ends off the roast?

00:00:25.780 Oh, that's a great question. I don't know, but my mom used to do it.

00:00:29.060 That's fascinating. Is your mom, grandmom still alive? Do you mind if we call her?

00:00:33.400 She goes, Grandma, hope I'm not bugging you. No, it's okay. You know, just doing nothing.

00:00:37.060 I'm curious. When you cook the roast, I know you taught mom and I seen you do it.

00:00:40.740 You always cut the ends off. Why do you cut the ends off of the roast?

00:00:43.520 And she goes, well, honey, back in my day, the ovens were only this big.

00:00:47.120 So I cut the ends off so it would fit in the oven.

00:00:49.800 I guarantee you guys do that today. You do something. You don't even know why you do it.

00:00:54.120 It's always the way it's been done.

00:00:55.260 You've never questioned it.

00:00:56.340 Question every requirement.

Dan Martell - June 11, 2024