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Mar 2024
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Getting Bad Advice from Good People | Ep...

ALEX HORMOZI
About this episode

"When you have an opportunity or you have made the decision to capitalize on a new thing that you're going to do, to go all in on that thing.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses the struggle of determining who to listen to for advice as an entrepreneur, and shares personal experiences with making non-ideal decisions that ended up being the right ones. He encourages listeners to weigh decisions based on opportunity cost and to go all in once the decision is made.

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:

(1:48) - The power of going all in

(2:52) - Opportunity cost: The key to making big moves

(4:01) - The importance of speed in decision making

(8:04) - The delta between short and long term gains

(9:03) - Choosing your mentors wisely

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(This episode is a re-run. Original airdate was on September 26, 2019)

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