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The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell

I Read 111 Biographies - these 11 will make you RICH

The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell

Dan Martell

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.9628 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

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I went from barely finishing high school to now flying my private jet to speak at John Maxwell events.

But none of that would have happened if I didn't read THESE 11 books. Seriously…

When kids yell through the window of my yellow Ferrari Pista and ask me what I do…

I tell them… I read books.

Specifically biographies.

That's where you learn from people who’ve built the most impressive companies in the world.

And it took me 111 biographies to build this list for you.

Read these, take the advice, and get rich.

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0:00.0

I read over 111 business biographies and these 11 will make you rich.

0:06.4

I grew up as a 16 year old lost, broken drug addict.

0:11.6

By 27 I made my first million dollars and today I fly around on my own private jet and

0:15.7

I have a fleet of supercars and have a beautiful family and none of that would happen if I didn't

0:19.8

read books. my life was built

0:21.3

by books when kids come up to me in my McLaren or my Ferrari and they ask me what do you do I tell them I

0:26.6

read books specifically biographies because that's where I'm going to learn from people that have been

0:31.6

there before that have built some of the most impressive companies in the world and understand that I'm not

0:36.0

alone and I'm normal like I'm just like them in many ways, maybe at different errors in time, but it helps me feel not crazy. And that's why I, you know, I went through all 111 biographies that I've ever read and I've distilled it down into the 11 that I think are the best, the ones that are really going to resonate with you where you're at starting off as an entrepreneur that will really inspire you to think bigger, to feel normal, and hopefully

0:57.9

take action. Before we get back to the episode, if you're enjoying it so far, could you go ahead

1:04.6

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1:12.6

to reach out to bigger and bigger guests. We can bring them to you. It would mean so much.

1:17.5

Let's get back to the episode.

1:23.3

So the first book is Open by Andre Agassi. It's written so well, like the writing style. And I know what you're thinking. He's a tennis player. What does it have to do with business? Let me tell you, this book is about performance and mindset and growth. Most business problems are personal problems. They just show up at our work. This book taught me more about how to succeed in business than pretty much every other one on the list.

1:49.8

Now here's a cool fun fact. The ghost writer who worked with him also wrote another book on this list that I think is the best biography ever written in the history of man.

1:59.8

Once I tell you what that one is later in this

2:01.6

video, be sure to come back and read this one because you will not be able to put it down.

2:06.3

What I loved about it is it talks about the importance of honesty and authenticity in both

2:10.4

sports and in life, like being yourself, which a lot of people, they're always wearing masks.

2:14.5

Not for the most part who they really are. Here's a guy that was

2:17.8

groomed from birth to become a world-class champion from his dad. He's a bit demanding of a man. And he

2:24.1

struggled on-court off-court. He had won eight grand slams. I mean, he is the most decorated

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