If you're broke, stop worrying about whether the offer scales.

Our reading notes on Alex Hormozi

• Alex Hormozi on Becoming a Millionaire, Quieting Your Ego & Forgetting About Legacy

  Howes asks Hormozi about ego, what makes a product better and when to discuss price. Together those questions offer a way to examine a difficult sales conversation. A founder can be proud of the work and still learn that a customer cares about a different result.

• The Offer Creation Part 1

  The accompanying worksheet asks a seller to list problems a buyer encounters before and after reaching a goal. It then changes how the help is delivered, including the group size and who does the work. Changing a meeting format can solve a real obstacle while moving labor onto your team.

• I Offered $10,000 to Anyone Who Could Change My Mind | Ep 1013

  Hormozi invites entrepreneurs to challenge rules he has offered publicly. The chapter at 5:23 concerns which customers to sell to. Another, at 24:16, asks how much a founder should stake on one decision. The debate format gives the challenger a concrete job: find a situation in which following the rule produces a poor result.