9 AI Skills You MUST Have to Get Ahead of 99% of People
The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell
Dan Martell
4.9 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Most people are using AI at the surface level, and it’s holding them back.
In this episode, I break down the 9 AI skills that separate the top 1% from everyone else, and how you can start building them even if you’re a complete beginner.
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| 0:00.0 | It's actually pretty simple to get ahead of 99% of people with AI because most people don't have the right AI skills. |
| 0:07.6 | I spent the last six years inside the AI trenches. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm talking building companies, developing internal tools and teaching these skills to millions. |
| 0:15.5 | And I can tell you, the top 1% use AI in a completely different way. |
| 0:20.4 | So I'm going to show you the nine AI skills that you can |
| 0:23.0 | use to get ahead of 99% of the people, even if you're starting at zero. And the last one is |
| 0:28.9 | definitely my favorite. 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. |
| 0:43.6 | In this podcast, I'll show you exactly how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate. |
| 0:48.4 | My bestselling book, Buy Back Your Time, is out now. |
| 0:51.9 | Grab a copy at buybackyourtime.com or at any of your preferred online retailers. |
| 1:02.4 | Starting with skill number one, prompt engineering. |
| 1:05.4 | This is the skill of talking to the AI models and creating prompts that get the best |
| 1:10.7 | output. |
| 1:11.6 | Think of it this way. |
| 1:12.9 | Garbage in, garbage out, and you definitely won't get the result. |
| 1:16.8 | So every good prompt has four things. |
| 1:19.3 | The first is it defines the role. |
| 1:21.3 | You have to tell it to like act like a market or act like a leadership expert or act like a lawyer. |
| 1:25.9 | Why? |
| 1:26.2 | Because it's looking at all the knowledge in the |
| 1:27.9 | world and it's saying this body of work is what I want you to pull from. So you give me the best |
| 1:32.7 | answer through that role. Next, we have to give it the context. You have to give it all the information |
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