When I was 20 years old, I was broke, overweight, and hated my job. Today, I run a hundred

million a year company in the best shape of my life and I love what I do. But if I had to give my

20 year old self-honest advice to transform his life twice as fast, here's what I'd say.

Welcome to the Martel method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a $100 million empire and being a

Wall Street Journal bestselling author. In this podcast, I'll show you exactly how to build a life

and business you don't grow to hate. And make sure you don't miss anything by subscribing to my

newsletter at Martel Method.com. The first piece of advice is you don't have to work harder, just work smarter.

See, back when I started in business, I was working 80 to 100 hours a week to the point

where my fiance left me.

I was burning the candle at both ends.

I thought the way you win is to go all in.

And here's the challenge with that.

Longer hours doesn't equal productivity. Now I work less than 40 hours and make 40 to 50 times more.

See, the game isn't to grind it out. The game is to do things that expand you, that push you,

that scare you. When people say they're hustling and all they're doing is just working 16 hour days,

they're not hustling because they're doing things that are simple and easy.

If you want to grow your life and you want to grow your business, work on the business

rather than in the business. Learn to build the machine, not be part of the machine.

That's the game of buying back your time, focusing on only the work that you like doing that makes you money.

Anything else that's just busy work is actually going to hold you back from achieving your goals.

Most people just put their heads down and grind it out because that's all they know how to do.

They feel like they're doing something, which is better than nothing. When they're confused about the path forward, they go and reorganize

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