Alex Hormozi argues that massive results come from focusing hard on a few high-value tasks instead of spreading energy thin. Only 10% of podcasters reach 20 episodes, and the top 1% require at least 20 uploads. He says most people lack the skill to truly try hard and that modern culture has become soft.
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I'm going to go from 100 to a billion and 10 billion and beyond is because I do genuinely, like, I am working harder now than I work to get here. And it's because I've learned a better way to work. And so this is me sharing that better way to work. Now, to be fair, maybe I have certain skills that if I don't work as hard, I can still win, but I would still know. And so I think that if you can, like, if the whole point of anyone who's listening to this is that you can open up another level of effort, I think that is the next level of effort. Because if I had thought the way I think about business now and work now, I would have been here faster. And that's me catering to the audience who wants to win. But I'm saying I would have become who I am faster. And I think that as a result I would have evidence that would support that for the court of public opinion. But for the court of Alex, it's, it's just, it's. I know what it's like to, for me to give it my all and it's the absolute proudest I am of myself and there's nothing anyone can do to take that from me. And that's when I feel bulletproof and there's not many times I can do that. And so when I have realized how much work it takes to do something well to gain the approval of my 85 year old self, I also realized hand in hand that there's only a few amount of things that I can do because I have to be dramatically more focused because the amount of work it takes to do something well is so much greater than I used to think that I can't do 20 things if I'm going to do it well. And so it goes back to one of my favorite sayings, which is if it's worth doing, it's worth doing well. And the thing is that most people focus on the back half, but I think it's focusing on the first. Most things aren't worth doing. If it is worth doing, then it is worth doing well. Cut out the things that aren't worth doing right so that you have all of the energy to actually give your all to something. And I would say this is that most things aren't that hard if you really try. It's that most people don't know how to try hard. They just don't have, they don't have the skill to try hard. And so the number, I mean, you probably know the stat from the podcast world, right? Which is it's 90% of people only upload one podcast. Of the remaining 10%, 90% of them don't make it past 20 uploads. So to be in the top 1% of podcasters, you have to upload 20 podcasts. It still may not be successful. You still don't may get downloads, but you're doing a lot better than the other 90%. 99%. The price for excellence has never been so cheap. Yeah, it's showing up consistently. Everyone is so soft now that to win you just have to not be made of glass and be willing to have someone tell you, I don't approve of your life, and you say, that's okay.
