SNIPER RIFLE MEDITATION | Dan Martell Original (Micro-Doc)

About this video

This short piece blends meditation with shooting as a way to teach performance under pressure. The speaker says that for about the past ten years his life, job and mission have been to figure out why we do what we do when we do it, and that the process cannot really be taught on the board because it is internal. He says childhood wiring creates distinct patterns and a chemical signature, and that nine times out of ten we are not operating from a logical basis but from old habits and patterns. Fear, he argues, cannot exist in the present moment because fear is a projection of the future, often based on pain from the past. The practice is to pause, be present, settle for a second, and then shoot. He extends the same idea to business and the boardroom: real performance is producing the result you want under a particular set of circumstances, and he says there is no difference in process between landing a hundred thousand dollar contract and a five million dollar one, or between putting a hole in the center of a target at different distances.

Key takeaways

• Nine times out of ten, the speaker says, people operate not from logic but from old habits, patterns and signatures created over time.
• Fear is presented as a projection of the future based on past pain, and as impossible to experience in the present moment itself.
• The method taught is to pause, be present and settle for a second before shooting, rather than acting from worry or doubt.
• Performance is defined as producing the result you want under a particular set of circumstances or conditions.
• The speaker says the same process applies in business as in shooting, with no difference between pursuing a hundred thousand dollar contract and a five million dollar one.

Episode details: published January 6, 2020 · 3:48 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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