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Jun 2024
20m 49s

Why Your Business Goals Are Failing and ...

Leila Hormozi
About this episode

“What's going to stop you or prevent you from achieving the goal?” Today, Leila (@LeilaHormozi) shares key strategies for scaling businesses and reveals her five-step goal-setting process, critical for achieving success. Learn the importance of simple problem-solving, focused attention, and measurable goals to avoid common business pitfalls and ensure sustained growth.

Welcome to Build where we talk about the lessons I have learned in scaling big businesses, gaining millions in sales, and helping our portfolio companies do the same. Buckle up, because we’re creating an unshakeable business.

Timestamps:

(0:40) - Why most businesses fail

(6:25) - Step 1: Identifying the core problem

(9:07) - Step 2: Creating a hypothesis to solve the problem

(13:04) - Step 3: Defining actions and responsibilities

(15:51) - Step 4: Setting measurable goals

(17:24) - Step 5: Anticipating obstacles

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