Martell mandates the '1-3-1 rule' for problem-solving across his companies
Dan Martell · Episode 644 | Buying Back Your Time with Dan Martell · Jan 17, 2023 · at 31:46
Entrepreneur and author Dan Martell discusses leadership frameworks from his book 'Buy Back Your Time' with Rob Walling.
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“And the one, three, one rule is a core principle and it's part of our culture and all my companies. I literally, it's shorthand. We use it all the time. What's your one, three, one. And it's essentially asking the person to come to you and first off, describe one specific problem you're talking about. Cause oftentimes people come to you and they talk in circles. I usually politely ask somebody to stop and say, what is the problem you're trying to solve? And then they define it. Then I ask them, what are the three options they evaluated?”
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