Is There Anything I’m Unhappy About?

Our reading notes on Alex Hormozi

• How to Learn Anything Fast | Ep 1011

  Hormozi uses basketball to explain why an instruction such as “get better at business” gives someone little to practice. A coach can observe a free throw and change part of the motion. A manager can give equally precise feedback on a discovery call once the team identifies the action in question.

• 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.

• 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.