Dan Martell - Your language matters

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00:00:00.000 The second oldest are usually the black sheep.

00:00:01.680 Because of that, I wanted my oldest to have a powerful name, Max.

00:00:05.720 Second, being a black sheep, a softer name, Noah.

00:00:08.960 People don't realize it, but I very intentionally gave them those names

00:00:12.900 to help counteract the default behavior.

00:00:15.500 So what I love about Noah is just how friggin' cuddly and smiley he is, man.

00:00:19.360 I'm a big believer in kids live up to their names in a lot of ways.

00:00:22.080 I grew up being told I was Dennis the Menace, the bad kid.

00:00:25.220 I'm very careful about the words I use to describe my kids.

00:00:27.760 Early, Max was good at numbers, and they were like,

00:00:29.660 oh you're so much better than your brother i was like you're essentially saying noah doesn't know

00:00:33.180 how to do numbers i then intentionally stopped praising that default characteristics and start

00:00:37.860 telling noah you're just as good as your brother

Dan Martell - October 22, 2023