Just Start: Exploiting Your Superpower

Dear Andre,

What's your superpower?

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it:

Find your superpower, and exploit it in the service of others.

One of mine? People. Let me give you a few examples: (then show you how this improves every area of your life)

But before I do. The next Founders hike is happening this week. DM me HIKE on instagram and I’ll send you the information of where to join us october 7th at 7 AM. (I’ll share 4 steps to a great first impression in less than 5 mins)

I was flown out to Florida to ceramic coat a vehicle. While I was there, I also got to visit my brother and sister-in-law. I met someone who lives on the same street as my brother and needs voice-over artists for her work (what my brother does), and I sent a three-way text introducing them. They'd moved in four months ago yet never met before that text.

On the plane ride back, I introduced someone whose brother had been in a car accident to an injury attorney. This has become a way of life for me.

Tonight I send 2 people to PandaMomo (A meal prep company in sacramento) I know some great people who do amazing work.

But it wasn't always this way.

Origin Story: (People > Everything)

This all started (like most super hero and villain stories) with pain.

In 8th grade, I sent a text to one of my best friends. It was misunderstood. You'd think we'd be able to talk about it, right? Wrong. We went from best friends to never speaking again. I was torn apart by this. I remember crying in the bathroom. I didn't really have time to process (I was about to teach a martial arts class). But in that moment, I had these two thoughts (which have shaped me):

1. I wish someone would have taught me. The friendship ended because of a lack of education around people.

2. People confuse me. I don't get other people. Siblings. Friends. Strangers. So I need to learn.

15 Years in the Making

This newsletter and the next book I write is the consolidation of 15 years of learning about people. Hundreds of books. Four different businesses. In the same way "How to Win Friends and Influence People" has guided me for the last 12 years, my hope is that this next book will be the light guiding you on your journey through life. That there will be people who will read this book every year, just like I read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" every year.

Why do I do this?

Because I need to be reminded far more often than I need to be taught.

Instead of being pushed by the pain of the past. I want to create a pull of helping other young women and men develop this skill and have their lives transform because of it. Imagine if thousands of people started to become genuinely interested in other people… That’s a world I want to build.

It's a Skill You Can Develop

It is my hope that I can show you that becoming more charismatic and enjoying meeting new people is a SKILL that you can develop.

This skill is a multiplier. What's that?

Any skill x becoming more charismatic (aka skilled with people) = your life gets better.

Your business will grow. People will offer you jobs. Your friendships will get better. (you might even have a friend name their son after you) your dating prospects get better. You have only upside in your life by developing this skill. There will be this energy about you that's magnetic.

And that takes time. Some of these are things that make a difference overnight (like how to make a great first impression or doubling your enthusiasm, which will often double your happiness and your income). Others will take time and need to be trained like a muscle. At first, it'll feel weird and awkward. Eventually, it'll become second nature.

But in a world where AI is becoming better and better, this (the skill of being good with people) will become a rarer and rarer commodity.

Why I'm Sharing Now

I've been hesitant to share before because the truth is, no matter what, I'll make mistakes. I don’t have it all figured out when it comes to people. But my mistakes don't negate my gift. So I'm going to share, in hopes that this inspires you to share the gift that you are with the world.

So come with me on this journey. There may be some other people (like Steven Carbin) who I'll introduce you to soon.

I hope that as I share these ideas, that you will apply them and give me feedback.

This Is a Two-Way Conversation

If something isn't clear, tell me. If you try something and it works really well, tell me. (DM me on instagram) This will help shape the direction of this conversation. I want you to succeed.

That’s all for now.

-Daniel

P.S. DM me HIKE on instagram and I’ll send you the information of where to join us october 7th at 7 AM.

PPS I’ve had a few of you say to me that you don’t receive these every week. Simply reply Hi, and click on one link in this email (this tells google that you WANT to receive this newsletter)