9 Powerful Insights Learned This Year

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Dan Martell reviews nine moments from 2019, after over 40 flights that year. 1) Timber sledding in British Columbia in January: Matt broke his shoulder day one, Nick was injured, and day three Brad hit a river and split his pelvis; the rule was never go straight — in business, zig-zag to check customer success and marketing rather than pushing straight. 2) A Disney cruise in February with about 18 families: hot tub talks with coach Taki Moore showed the value of intimate space to connect. 3) Hustle 2.0 in March at a prison north of L.A., coordinated by Jason and Kat Hoke: ‘walk the line’ showed inmates and entrepreneurs are far more alike than different. Martell notes he was in prison as a teenager. 4) Dirt Fish rally school near Seattle in April: ‘smooth is fast’ and ‘in like a lamb, out like a lion’ — enter composed, then accelerate. 5) His SaaS Academy Intensive in Toronto in May, where he brought wife and sons Max and Noah on stage: show, don’t tell. 6) A private jet trip to Ireland in June via Goose Bay, Greenland and Iceland: upgrade your ‘friendventory’ — you are the average of the five people you spend most time with. 7) A packed July: create space between experiences so they do not bleed together. 8) Three sprint triathlons in August after learning to swim via YouTube in about six weeks: beware stories you tell yourself about identity. 9) September: Tough Mudder with brothers Moe and Pierre, and hiking Mount Katahdin in Maine with his wife: encouraging others encourages yourself, a point he credits to coach CJ. He closes with Brad’s motto about increasing frequency and intensity of magical moments, and offers Future Living training.

Key takeaways

• No straight lines: zig-zag to check parts of the business, don’t just push
• Create intimate space to connect — hot tub talks with coach Taki Moore
• Walk the line at prison showed inmates and entrepreneurs are alike
• Smooth is fast: in like a lamb, out like a lion
• Encouraging others motivates you; beware self-limiting identity stories

Episode details: published December 30, 2019 · 31:10 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dan Martell’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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