21 Brutally Honest Lessons About Life - Alex Hormozi - #738

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.

Alex’s Twitter continually has been one of my favourite sources of great insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of my favourite lessons from him about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience. Yet again this is so, so good.

Expect to learn why being called a control freak isn’t an insult, how to stop making the same mistakes over and over again, why being at the top will always require you becoming uncomfortable, Alex’s guide to surviving cancellation, how to get more comfortable telling the truth, why it's good to remember that all your critics are going to die and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Control Freak Or High Standards?

(14:48) How People Get Older Without Getting Better

(22:00) Don’t Be Worried About People Who Imitate Your Work

(26:58) The Cost of Being Exceptional

(42:39) Differences Between Fame & Respect

(50:12) The Key to Authenticity

(59:50) The Power of Imperfect Action

(1:09:23) Be Careful to Not Over-Optimise

(1:18:29) How to React When You’re Insulted

(1:31:09) Can People Actually Get Cancelled?

(1:38:41) The Price of Strong Character

(1:43:32) How to Know When to Quit

(1:50:48) Everything Worth Doing is Hard

(2:06:46) Don’t Expect People to Root for You

(2:16:25) How to Find Your Passion

(2:36:19) Admit You Suck, Then Improve

(2:43:41) Be in a Good Mood for No Reason

(3:00:19) It’s Normal to Not Know What You’re Doing

(3:12:59) What’s Next for Alex

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