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  • - You can't.

  • You can't master a skill in a short period of time.

  • (upbeat music)

  • I want you to think about,

  • in any area in life,

  • it could be sports, it could be learning a language,

  • it could be learning anything new.

  • Mastery takes time.

  • It takes years to achieve mastery.

  • Now you can learn a skill

  • in a relatively short period of time.

  • But to accomplish mastery, it takes years.

  • Anyone who has achieved mastery, it takes years.

  • See the question itself is,

  • it tells me that the way that you're thinking about it

  • is where's the shortcut?

  • How can I take the shortcut?

  • And then sometimes there are smarter ways to do something.

  • There are some shortcuts

  • but it takes time, it takes effort,

  • it takes patience and it takes repetition,

  • to accomplish, to achieve mastery, right?

  • And I believe, the best way to do that is have a mentor.

  • You think about how skills are passed along,

  • how skills are passed down.

  • I like to take a martial arts example,

  • if you wanna learn,

  • let's say you wanna learn kung fu, you wanna learn karate,

  • you wanna learn Taekwondo, you wanna learn boxing, right?

  • The best way to learn is not just to practice on your own

  • but to actually practice with other people

  • but having a mentor, having a coach,

  • having an instructor to show you the ropes,

  • to say "Hey, here's the fundamental.

  • "Here's what you need to do.

  • "Here's how you do it right.

  • "Here's the move."

  • Once he or she coaches you and gives you feedback,

  • and you go out there and you practice,

  • you do your own thing, right?

  • And then come back to the dojo

  • and you learn some more, right?

  • And that's how you get good

  • and how to get a black belt.

  • When you do enough.

  • When you do the same punch again and again and again

  • thousands of times,

  • same kick, thousands of times.

  • That's how you get your mastery, right?

  • So it takes years, it takes repetition.

  • That's why most people

  • don't accomplish,

  • don't achieve mastery.

  • There are very few true masters in the world in anything

  • because most people are not willing to put in the work.

  • They say, "Hey, how can I get there in six months?

  • "How could I get there in one year?"

  • When most of the time it takes decades.

  • It takes decades to get to that point

  • and that's the difference.

  • Having a mentor to show you the ropes.

  • Learning from them and being humble.

  • Being able to put your ego aside and say teach me,

  • show me how to do this.

  • And you practice again and again and again,

  • and get feedback

  • and you correct and you pivot

  • and you correct and you practice and you practice

  • and you get feedback and you correct.

  • And that's how you get to mastery.

  • The funny thing about mastery is this,

  • because there's so few masters of anything in this world

  • and the world values mastery.

  • That maybe right now you're struggling to get attention,

  • you're struggling to go in business

  • you're struggling to earn more money,

  • you're struggling to do whatever that you choose to do,

  • your career.

  • But once you become good,

  • not even a master,

  • once you become good,

  • you'll see there are a lot more opportunities

  • coming your way.

  • Once you are great

  • you'll notice the world leads a path to your door.

  • But if you truly accomplish,

  • if you're truly good and you become a master,

  • the sky's the limit

  • because there's so few true masters in the world today.

  • Myself?

  • I don't see myself as a master.

  • I always believe I am a student.

  • I have my crafts

  • and I'm always learning and I'm always practicing.

  • But I do have a few skill sets

  • that I believe that I am proficient.

  • I'm pretty good at them.

  • Some people say I'm world-class

  • but I always see myself as a student.

  • If you want to learn more about that,

  • if you want to see if I'm the right mentor for you.

  • I know a lot of you have been following me for some time.

  • You've been watching my video and you say,

  • "Hey Dan, how could I be mentored by you?

  • "I am from outside North America.

  • "Dan, I am from a different city,

  • "could you mentor me?"

  • The way I mentor so many students from all over the world,

  • entrepreneurs and professionals,

  • is through my closing program,

  • is through my online training program,

  • through my sales program.

  • If you want to find out more about it,

  • you can click the link below.

  • I'll put a link there

  • and you can see a preview,

  • just to get an idea

  • what we do in the worldwide community that we have,

  • the global community that we have.

  • And not just myself

  • but so many other awesome,

  • awesome people within the community.

  • And I believe that's the best way to accomplish mastery,

  • that you're learning, you're practicing with other people,

  • that always remember

  • that transformation doesn't happen in isolation.

  • It happens when you work with other people

  • and learning from someone

  • who's been there and done that.

- You can't.

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