Throwback: Why Hard Work Beats Happiness Every Time | Ep 918

• Stop chasing happiness as your main goal and accept being uncomfortable or unhappy while improving yourself.
• Focus on being useful to others, which drives self-improvement and meaningful action beyond your own feelings.

Alex Hormozi shares a powerful insight: instead of chasing happiness, focus on being useful to others. He explains that happiness is often elusive, especially when you're learning and not yet good at something. "I stopped trying to be happy... I'm actually okay with being unhappy," he says, emphasizing the importance of taking action despite discomfort.

Being useful requires improving yourself to add value to others, which ultimately leads to personal growth and fulfillment. Alex illustrates this with the idea that confidence comes from repeated practice and evidence of competence, not from positive affirmations.

He sums it up by saying, "If what you're doing isn't working for you, try this on for size: stop trying to be happy, accept unhappiness, and focus on being useful. You'll be amazed at how much better you feel overall."

• Caleb disliked public speaking but significantly improved by tripling prep time and increasing slides.
• He realized laziness, not lack of skill, was the barrier to his improvement.