The Martell Method w/ Dan Martell

By 2030, the biggest wave of new jobs isn't going to reward people who can chat with AI. It's going to reward people who can build with it.
Right now most people are still typing prompts one at a time, while a small group is quietly building AI agents that run their businesses in the background.
In this episode, I show you exactly how I went from doing the work to directing it, and how you can build your first AI agent this week even if you've never touched code.
Watch until the end and you'll walk away with a repeatable way to think about every future agent you build.

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Prompts from the video:
Identity files prompt:"I want to build an AI agent that runs my inbox [your AIM from previous Step]. Create its three identity files: a SOUL file, an IDENTITY file, and a USER file (about me). Ask me any questions you need to fill these in accurately, then write all three."
Manager agent prompt:"You are my Manager agent. You never do any task yourself. When a job comes in, your only move is to spin up a dedicated sub-agent for that one job, hand it the task, and let it run. One agent, one lane. If a job touches on multiple areas, split it into separate sub-agents, one per area. You coordinate and report back to me."
Specialist agent prompt:"Your one job is my inbox — nothing else. You never step outside the inbox."
Email voice study prompt:"Connect to my email and read my last 50 sent messages. Study how I actually write — my tone, my greetings and sign-offs, how long my sentences are, the phrases I use the most. Then write a style guide that captures my voice and tone. To test it: draft a reply to my newest unread email as me, and I'll tell you what's off so you can tighten it."
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Most founders stall around $300K and never figure out why.
It usually isn't the market, the product, or the pricing.
Four traits decide who scales past seven figures and who quietly plateaus for years.
The one that stops most people isn't strategy at all.

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Every week I'm hiring for my AI venture studio, and the gap between what the market thinks pays and what actually pays has never been wider.
I'm breaking down every high income skill worth learning right now, ranking them by how hard they are to enter, whether AI can replace them, and what they'll realistically pay you five years from now.
Some of the "safe" careers people are still betting on are dead. And a few of the ones you've never even heard of are about to make a whole new wave of millionaires.
Stick around because the ones near the top of my list are the ones almost nobody is talking about yet.

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Most business owners are losing 20+ hours every single week to work that AI could be doing for them right now, and they don't even realize it.
In this episode, I show you exactly how I use AI to claw back at least 20 hours a week so I can run over a dozen companies while traveling and barely touching my phone.
Stick around because the way most founders are using AI today is the exact reason they're still drowning in their calendar.

Prompts from the episode (run these on your AI with your calendar connected):
1) "Audit the last 2 weeks of my calendar. Based on my quarterly goals doc in Notion, tell me what meetings I shouldn't be in, what stuff is below my pay grade, and where I'm wasting time. Ask me questions first to get better context."
2) "Okay, based on that, build me a mock calendar of what I should actually be spending my time on. And walk me through your reasoning."
3) "Now tell me the top 3 action items I need to focus on to make this change happen. Be specific. Who on my team is involved, what's the impact, what's the plan."

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Some people peak at 18 and spend the next 40 years talking about it.
The scariest part? Most don't even realize it's happening, and it's keeping them from the next chapter of their life. Here's how to make sure you're not one of them.