Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

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15 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, Nick Hutchison asks Alex Hormozi to compare his 2016 self—who had only $1,000 in the bank and extreme anxiety—to his 2023 self, now documenting a path toward a $1 billion valuation. Hormozi identifies two primary changes: a dramatic reduction in anxiety and a sharpened focus. He explains that his earlier anxiety created a vicious cycle of constant stress and endless tweaking of strategies that never succeeded, because he never allowed himself the time to fail and learn. By lowering his anxiety, improving focus, and giving himself space to experience repeated failure, he was able to acquire the necessary skills and drive his business growth.

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that in 2016, you found yourself with $1,000 in your bank account. Things were not going well. Kick forward to 2023. We all know the success that you're currently having. You're documenting your way to $1 billion. So, what's the biggest difference between Alex 2016 and Alex 2023? Is it just as simple as a worldview change?
The biggest difference between me then and now, I would say 2 greatest ones are my anxiety level then was through the roof. It was my anxiety levels and my focus. And so, and I think they might have interplayed because I was like so stressed all the time that I felt like nothing was working. And so I wanted to change things all the time because I changed things all the time, nothing worked. And so it's just this vicious cycle because I never gave time time. I never allowed myself the ability to fail repeatedly so that I could learn the skill.