Dan Martell - May 23, 2023


The One Question to Ask Your Team


Episode Stats


Length

47 seconds

Words per minute

207.1579

Word count

164

Sentence count

8


Summary

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In this episode, I talk about how important it is to have a clear vision of what you want your life to be like in 5 years, and why it's not your job to make that happen. It's the job of your direct reports.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 I make all of my leaders talk to their direct reports and ask them two questions.
00:00:03.940 Can you describe to me personally and professionally in five years what you want your life to look
00:00:09.440 like, regardless if it's with our company or not?
00:00:11.920 I'm just curious.
00:00:12.940 I think a lot of people get scared to ask that question because then they're like, now
00:00:15.560 it's my job to actually make that true for them.
00:00:18.060 And it's not.
00:00:18.820 It's your job to map your company's goals to their desires.
00:00:23.480 It is way easier to get somebody intrinsically motivated with their own personal goals and
00:00:29.360 desires than for them to buy into my vision. I just assume that when I hire people, they are
00:00:35.100 selfishly motivated to their own dreams and desires. Being able to help them verbalize it
00:00:40.500 and then map the work you're doing to their dreams and goals will literally make it from
00:00:44.940 you having to push them to them pulling you forward.