Why Learning to Say "No" Will Accelerate Your Success | Ep. #1436

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Marketing, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In episode #1436, we talk about why learning to say no will accelerate your success. When you focus on what really matters and set other opportunities aside, you make real space to progress and grow and we can see this from many of the world's great leaders. Tune in to find out about getting away from shiny object syndrome and drilling down on one thing at a time! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: Why Learning to Say No Will Accelerate Your Success. [00:35] The damaging effects of saying yes to too many things. [01:29] What happens when you say no? Doubling down on what really matters. [02:10] The secret to Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's success: focus. [03:12] Shiny object syndrome and missing the best opportunities through overwhelm. [03:48] Depth instead of breadth and embracing categorization when it comes along. [04:32] A homework assignment for the next week! [04:58] That is it for today! [05:01] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Steve Jobs ShoeDazzle LegalZoom Kim Kardashian Jessica Alba Honest Warren Buffett Bill Gates Zillow Glassdoor Expedia Richard Barton T-Shaped Marketing Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.
0:11.5	Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your
0:14.3	instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
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0:49.2	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel. And today we're going to talk about why learning to say no will accelerate your success.
1:01.0	Let's reframe this real quick. In the early days, Neil, when you're starting out as an entrepreneur, you would always look at the newest opportunities and what would you do about those opportunities?
1:10.0	I always said, not always, but in most cases I just said yes and that's what ended up causing me to do
1:16.3	one too many things derailing my focus and funny enough it caused less success
1:21.2	over time. I think what Neil is also saying is a lot of us as you become more and more successful
1:26.7	you're going to have more and more opportunities coming your way and you can either accept the fact that you're
1:32.4	drowning in opportunity or you can either accept the fact that you're drowning in opportunity or you can do something about it and say no more and
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