Dan Martell - February 21, 2026


Work life balance isn't real


Episode Stats

Length

40 seconds

Words per Minute

213.54933

Word Count

145

Sentence Count

10


Summary

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Transcript

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00:00:00.000 You can't name me one person who's ever changed the world and worked only four years ago.
00:00:04.800 The volume required to do anything great is going to require you to fucking sacrifice.
00:00:10.920 If your goal is balanced, you should be okay with mediocrity.
00:00:14.020 If you want to be an Olympic athlete and you want to win gold, there's no fucking balance.
00:00:18.320 They train all the time. Their whole life is consumed by it.
00:00:21.420 There ain't no balance in that.
00:00:22.860 I'm not saying sitting at a keyboard or sitting at a desk and working.
00:00:25.420 I'm saying thinking and problem solving from the moment they wake up until the moment they go to bed.
00:00:30.000 there's no like i'm taking four weeks off and i'm going to thailand it's delusional i'm not
00:00:35.220 saying to ignore your family i'm just saying be way more disciplined with your time