
The Obstacles to My Success (on Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliot) Pt. 1 - March '22 | Ep 492
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01/28/23 • 46 min
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“This is not the life I want to lead. I am not happy doing this every day. I would prefer to not be alive if this is what my life will be continuously.” Today, join Alex (@AlexHormozi) as he guests on Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliot and takes us back to when it all started, the trials and tribulations he had to endure, and the day his journey as an entrepreneur would change forever. This is part 1 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.
Check out the episode on Behind the Brand’s YouTube Channel!
Timestamps:
(0:40) Alex’s early beginnings in business & trying to live up to expectations
(10:07) - Fear as a driver to hustle and the use inversion thinking
(17:30) - Finding interests in business and fitness (together)
(21:11) - The hardships Alex had to face and learning them the hard way
(36:19) - Early blueprints of Gym Launch and finally cracking the code to their success
(43:01) - “I had to learn how to do business on my own in order to learn how to partner later”
Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Acquisition
Mentioned in this episode:
Get access to the free $100M Scaling Roadmap at www.acquisition.com/roadmap
“This is not the life I want to lead. I am not happy doing this every day. I would prefer to not be alive if this is what my life will be continuously.” Today, join Alex (@AlexHormozi) as he guests on Behind the Brand with Bryan Elliot and takes us back to when it all started, the trials and tribulations he had to endure, and the day his journey as an entrepreneur would change forever. This is part 1 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.
Check out the episode on Behind the Brand’s YouTube Channel!
Timestamps:
(0:40) Alex’s early beginnings in business & trying to live up to expectations
(10:07) - Fear as a driver to hustle and the use inversion thinking
(17:30) - Finding interests in business and fitness (together)
(21:11) - The hardships Alex had to face and learning them the hard way
(36:19) - Early blueprints of Gym Launch and finally cracking the code to their success
(43:01) - “I had to learn how to do business on my own in order to learn how to partner later”
Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Acquisition
Mentioned in this episode:
Get access to the free $100M Scaling Roadmap at www.acquisition.com/roadmap
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Why 20 Year Olds Stay Poor | Ep 491
If you’re young and think you know everything? Reality check: you don’t. Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about why there are so many 20-Year-Olds who aren’t earning as much money as they think they deserve, why they should focus on learning & skill stacking, and why hustling and actually loving the game will benefit them as they grow older.
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.
Timestamps:
(1:41) - The longer you delay your earning cycle, you compound your learnings
(7:29) - Start from the bottom, don’t fast-track your way to make money
(8:59) - Keep hustling, keep learning. You’re not as good as you think you are
(11:55) - If you love the game, you don’t care about the short-term earning
(17:26) - 2 steps to stop yourself from falling into this trap of “earning fast”
(18:46) - Understand what season you’re in & focus on compounding your skills
Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Acquisition
Mentioned in this episode:
Get access to the free $100M Scaling Roadmap at www.acquisition.com/roadmap
Next Episode

7 Million Dollar Lessons | Ep 493
“Capitalism is the only system where both people say thank you after an exchange.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) shares with us the seven lessons he learned in his first job that gave him million-dollar results. He dives into each lesson’s background story and how you too can practice them in your own business.
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.
Timestamps:
(1:17) - Lesson #1 - How to deal with angry customers
(4:33) - Lesson #2 - Creating new products
(6:33) - Lesson #3 - Getting people to say yes by saying no
(8:05) - Lesson #4 & 5 - Sawdusting and providing benefits to the customer
(11:53) - Lesson #6 - Double the amount of products people would buy
(13:34) - Creating continuity for your product & become top of mind
Follow Alex Hormozi’s Socials:
LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Acquisition
Mentioned in this episode:
Get access to the free $100M Scaling Roadmap at www.acquisition.com/roadmap
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