#3297: Be Important - Not "Nice"

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

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4.9 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this episode, I’m talking about why you need to be important, not nice. I know that goes against what most people say, but that’s exactly why I’m saying it. The whole “it’s more important to be nice” idea sounds good, but it doesn’t actually help you win. ‘ I’ll break down why that phrase is nonsense and what really matters if you want to be respected and make things happen. Show Notes: [02:42]#1 It is much more important to be important than it is to be nice. [09:30]#2 People who emphasize being nice over being important also often do so as a rationalization, as a compensatory action, because they are not important enough to not be nice. [24:36]#3 When you're important, you have a significant impact on success. [27:50]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 2338: The TRASH That Is The American Medical System Next Steps: --- 🎓 Work On Your Game University: http://www.WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com 📧 Get Dre’s Emails FREE: http://WorkOnMyGame.com 🤖 Use The FREE “Dre GTP 1.0” ChatBot: Https://www.DreAllDay.com/AI 📲 Text Dre Baldwin: Text Dre at 1.305.384.6894 (or go to http://www.DreAllDay.com/Text) 🟢 Sponsor: AG1 by Athletic Greens: http://drinkAG1.com/WORKONYOURGAME 💦 Sponsor: AquaTru - $100 Off Any Purifying Filter Http://WorkOnYourGame.com/AT 🎧 Free Audiobooks: The Third Day: http://www.ThirdDayBook.com/audible The Mirror Of Motivation: http://www.MirrorOfMotivation.com/audible 📚 The Free Books: The Third Day: http://ThirdDayBook.com The Mirror Of Motivation: http://MirrorOfMotivation.com The Sales Discipline System: http://SalesDisciplineBook.com The Overseas Basketball Blueprint: http://BallOverseas.com Basketball: How To Play As Well As You Practice: http://HoopHandbook.com/Free 💵 Support: CashApp: http://Cash.app/$DreBaldwin Be sure to Subscribe to have each new episode sent directly to you daily! If you're enjoying Work On Your Game, please review the show and let us know! Dre on social media: Instagram [http://instagram.com/DreBaldwin] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@workonyourgame] YouTube [http://youtube.com/dreupt] Twitter / X [http://X.com/DreAllDay] Facebook [http://Facebook.com/WorkOnYourGameUniversity] Facebook Business Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6figuresandgrowing/ All Episodes + FULL Work On Your Game Podcast archive at: http://WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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0:00.0	If someone happens to think that you're a jerk, but you end up getting your way, are you okay with that?
0:04.3	Or would you rather sacrifice getting your way so that people think you nice?
0:08.2	Your call.
0:09.4	Okay?
0:09.7	It's your call.
0:10.4	I'm just giving you the options.
0:12.1	You should ask yourself this question because to tell you a lot about who you are in the position you hold and where you might be going.
0:17.9	Stay old.
0:19.6	That's exceptional. Work on your game. I like the approach. go. Three all day.com.
0:21.7	He's exceptional.
0:23.5	Work on your game.
0:24.8	I like the approach.
0:26.2	Work on your fucking games.
0:30.2	Everybody relates to what Ray saying is a different way.
0:31.4	Work on your game.
0:32.8	I like the way he thinks.
0:34.6	Work on your fucking game.
0:37.3	I like the frameworks that he's put together. Work on your game. And I would highly recommend it to anybody that's trying to work on their game. Work on your fucking game. I think it's a good approach. It's a different approach, too. Hey, you, work on your game. Gave me something really good. Work on your game, dry old day.com. And his philosophy makes a lot of sense. Not only work on your game, perfect your craft. Work on your game. He knows how to communicate in such a fabulous way. I can't say it enough. Work on your game. You are now tuned into the show where you learned the discipline to show up day after day to do the work, the confidence to put yourself out there boldly and authentically and the mental toughness to continue showing up, doing the work, putting yourself out there even when the success you're expected to achieve has yet to be achieved. And on top of all this, you get a huge dose of personal initiative. That is the go-getter energy that moves any one of us, including yourself, to go-and-make-things happen instead of waiting for things that happen. And then we put all this together into a series of frameworks, approaches, insights,
1:31.0	strategies and techniques on underneath the umbrella of one unifying philosophy that is called
1:34.6	Work on Your Game. My name is Drey Baldwin, also known as Dre All Day, and welcome to the show.
1:40.2	And today's topic is, we are talking why you need to be important not nice yes be important not
1:50.0	nice now i know this is probably backwards from what many of you have possibly been taught what you
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