"I work because I enjoy working. And I'm sure that if I stop enjoying working, I won't work as much," he says. "A lot of people really overanalyze a lot of things and like, I don't think, well, I just spend a lot of time thinking about death." In an argument with his stepmother, the author said she was casting judgment on herself for not wanting her son's life. The writer: "If there's one thing that I will try and beat out of me until I die is caring what other people think"
"We're unhappy when our expectations of how we think life is supposed to be going are unmet." Today, join Alex (@AlexHormozi) as he guests on Diary of a CEO to discuss the pressure of external expectations set by social media and society on how life is supposed to be. He emphasizes the importance of shifting expectations and doing what makes oneself happy and talks about his perspective on work-life balance and the skill of making offers. This is part 2 of the interview.
Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.
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Timestamps:
(9:18) - Shifting life expectations
(15:23) - Caring what others think
(27:12) - The psychology of clicks
(38:10) - The cost of ignorance
(46:50) - Maximizing leverage and capital
(49:42) - Reflecting on cherished failures
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