Overcome ANY Obstacle With This Simple Trick

About this video

Martell shares the BOAT framework he gave a friend whose lead and only sales person quit, whose senior leadership was misaligned, and whose go-to-market was failing while spending, in his telling, hundreds of thousands of dollars per month on ads. BOAT stands for Belief, Optimism, Assertiveness and Trust, a mindset for navigating the chaotic waters of building something, which he says is supposed to be hard. Belief comes from confidence built by listing past adversity you overcame and by honoring small controllables like wake time, gym, water and nourishing meals, creating a confidence-competence loop. Optimism is a developed muscle — a positive mental attitude and assuming positive intentions. Assertiveness means candid communication and finding your voice instead of letting problems go unspoken. Trust means trusting yourself and the process, being willing to be misunderstood, and committing long-term — he suggests giving one thing a decade. He closes by pointing to his Dream 100 framework of mentors, advisors and peers.

Key takeaways

• B — Belief: build confidence by listing challenges you have already overcome and by keeping commitments to yourself on the controllables you can control.
• O — Optimism: treat optimism as a trainable muscle, default to a positive mental attitude, and assume positive intentions in others.
• A — Assertiveness: practice candid communication and speak up early; many business problems grow because leaders saw signs but did not assert themselves.
• T — Trust: trust yourself and the process, accept being misunderstood, and commit to the work over a long timeline such as 10 years for one thing.
• Build proximity through the Dream 100: he breaks it into 10 mentors, 30 advisors and 60 peers, with peers described as people 1 to 2 years ahead of you.

Episode details: published September 6, 2021 · 14:09 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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