Stop wasting time. I'm going to share with you the three time rules I followed to go from

broke to multimillionaire. See, when kids come up to me and I'm driving one of my supercars,

they always ask, what do you do? And I always say to them, it's not what I do, it's what I did.

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. My bestselling book, Buy Back Your Time is out now. Grab a copy at buybackyourtime.com or at any

of your preferred online retailers. Starting with rule number one, the 4D framework.

Getting things done by David Allen is one of the best books ever written on doing more.

I fell in love with it.

I loved it so much that I actually went to one of his seminars.

And because of that experience,

he taught me a completely different way to work that I want to share with you now. This is the 4D framework. The first D is do it. The rule is if it takes less than two minutes, you do it now. You don't even write it down. It'll take you more time to write it down and to just get it done. So if that means sending a text message, calling someone, I literally was just talking to

somebody and they were like, I wonder if we can make this work on YouTube. I said, one sec. I called the person, asked the question, we got it done right away. We don't even write it down. The second D is delegated. If someone else can do it, let them stop working on stuff you don't need to do. The third D is defer it. This is really important

for things that are not now. They need to get done. They're just not a this week, even this month.

So I always try to put it in a place where I know I'm going to review it so I don't get bogged down

by the pressure of having all these open loops for things that don't need my attention today.

The fourth D is deleted. If it doesn't

serve your goals, even if you want to do it, you'd like to do it, you've got to learn to say no.

Here's the deal. A yes is a no to your goals. A no is a yes to your potential dreams. You have

to learn to say no so you create the space so it's available to you when you

have the opportunity to execute to make the thing happen. Here's what I like to tell people.

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