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Tell Them What You Really Want (ft. @leilahormozi)

Name: Tell Them What You Really Want (ft. @leilahormozi)
Uploaded: 2024-12-10T01:25:00+00:00
Duration: 5 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief dialogue, Speaker A challenges the common practice of labeling behaviors as "red flags," arguing that such labels are subjective and depend…

10 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A challenges the common practice of labeling behaviors as "red flags," arguing that such labels are subjective and depend on an individual's goals—what one person sees as a red flag might be a green flag for someone else. Speaker B expands on this by emphasizing that the only meaningful questions in a relationship are: where you want to go, how you plan to get there, and what you do in the meantime. He stresses the importance of aligning on mission, values, and interests, and being brutally honest about one's true desires and beliefs rather than saying what one thinks the other wants to hear. The conversation concludes with the acknowledgment that such honesty can come at a personal cost.

I'm not a fan of red flag shit. Yeah, because it's like your red flags could be someone else's green flags just based on what your goals are.
So I think that the only real questions that matter is where do you want to go? How do you want to get there? And then what do we do in the meantime? Which is similar mission, similar values, similar interests. But you have to be honest about what those really are, not what you think they should be or what you think the other person wants to hear. And I think that's what a lot of people are afraid of, is actually saying what they really want and what they really believe.
Comes at a cost.
But if you can't be honest with the person, then why are you in a relationship with them?