24 Controversial Truths About Success & Failure - Alex Hormozi - #830

Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author.

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

Expect to learn how to stop being indecisive and take action, how to persevere when things get rough, why overnight successes don’t happen overnight, why Alex hates being around negative people, if there is a wrong way to live your 20s, the single most important habit to cultivate in life and much more...

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Timestamps:

(00:00) The Risks of Distraction

(04:22) Focus on Outcomes

(09:10) Don’t Let Bad Things Rin Everything

(13:15) See Opportunity in Every Failure

(23:48) Enjoy the Life You Have

(31:14) How You Work When Nobody’s Watching

(42:03) How to Get True Revenge

(46:44) People Are Jealous of the Trophy But Not the Work

(53:40) Finding Work That You Love

(01:01:23) Why You Shouldn’t Fear Criticism

(01:08:08) Investing Time More Wisely

(01:20:49) Breaking Down What Confidence Means

(01:26:31) Precisely Defining Terms

(01:31:54) Find the Others

(01:45:35) The Authenticity of Chris Bumstead

(01:52:12) This is the Price of Doing Business

(02:03:45) There’s No Perfect Way to Live Your 20s

(02:16:51) The Way to Solve Most Male Problems

(02:25:01) Go to Bed On Tim

(02:31:59) Having a Clue is Over-Rated

(02:34:27) 95% of Self-Work

(02:44:29) Feelings Don’t Require Action

(02:55:27) How to Not Lead a Toothless Life

(02:59:27) Where to Find Alex

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