This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "@AlexHormozi uses CASH to prove he's not a FAILURE!" featuring a conversation between Alex Hormozi and Lewis Howes. The discussion revolves around self-worth, the use of business success as validation, and the internal struggles of feeling inadequate despite external achievements. The video was created on October 8, 2025.
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I use cash flow from businesses as evidence to the fact that I'm not a failure. And so I use, I've always, like, it has been easier for me to change my conditions than to change who I am. And so I have used my material success and accolades to quiet the voices of not being good enough. And so for that, like me having that, if I had that little voice that peeps up, it's like, hey, look at that. I'm like, okay, no, no, I'm okay. I'm not, I'm not that bad.
This money just came in.
Yeah, no, I'm not that bad. Right. And so I'd have to, I'd really have to re engineer the convers I have with myself around how I value myself. Because then people are like, well, if you, you know, if everything disappeared, you know, how would you feel about yourself? I like to think that I would be uncomfortable and that I would change my views, but I haven't needed to do that yet. And so my effort goes elsewhere. But that's what probably would have to happen in order for me to make that change.
Is it a. What is the thing that is you're afraid of inside of yourself? Is it a self worth thing? Is it a self love thing? Is it a belief that you're not good enough?
It'd definitely be a good enough thing for sure. Yeah. It's just like maybe, maybe, maybe I'm, maybe I'm not as good as I think I am. Maybe, maybe everything that I've been putting on media, maybe my book, maybe all these things are actually not true. And I don't know what I'm talking about, right? Because clearly I don't know what I'm talking about because I'm not making any money. Like so these things have been. That's why acquisition.com is the other half. Like the actual businesses of acquisition.com compared to the media of acquisition.com is it is the other half because it's the evidence of the fact that the things that I say are true because those.
Are getting results 100% and they're growing, right?
And so that way I feel bulletproof. When I make the content, when I make the book, when I write the stuff. Like, you know, there's a zillion people who are like, you suck. None of this is true, whatever. And for me it rolls off my back because I have evidence and I'm like, no, no, it is true. And here's how. But if I didn't have that, I would probably have to because I don't know what the right call is there, because if I didn't have the evidence, it would be hard for me to say you're wrong, because I don't have any proof that they're wrong.
But you have evidence now.
Right? And so I have this evidence.
So how do you change the belief inside that you're good enough with the years of evidence.
Now the question is like, have I built a billion dollar thing yet? You know what I mean?
That'll be 10 billion.
Yeah, of course. No, but it's a fun convo, and it's great because this is wonderful, Louis, because I get to see my own limiting beliefs. And just for everybody who's listening, like, everyone deals with this. You know what I mean? Like, at every. At every level, you're dealing with this of, like, feeling of inadequacy, you know, feeling not good enough, feeling you're not smart, feeling like you don't work hard, whatever it is. Like, I have that stuff all the time. Because you think that the external circumstance is going to. Is going to solve that. And I would say that it does to a degree. It becomes a crutch. Right? But then you have this crutch, and then you just tie yourself worth to the accolade of the thing rather than still yourself, and maybe I need to do more work on that, who knows?
