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The success formula we’ve been told to believe:
Hard work + time = success
The success formula that actually works:
Hard things + time x unreasonable effort = success
Effort and time without hard things is how you plateau. Effort and time with hard things is how you grow.
Hard work + time = success
The success formula that actually works:
Hard things + time x unreasonable effort = success
Effort and time without hard things is how you plateau. Effort and time with hard things is how you grow.
Your $10 daily coffee is making you broke.
Your $20 smoothie is preventing you from retiring.
Your $30 avocado toast is keeping you from buying a house.
At least, that’s what we’ve been told.
Here’s the reality: If you cut out your daily coffee and save $1,500 a year, it would take 67 YEARS to get to $100,000.
You can't save your way to wealth. You have to earn it. This leaves two options:
1. Work more hours
2. Build skills that increase what you earn.
Your time has a ceiling, but your skills don’t. Use your 5-9 to build a brand, freelance, or start something on the side.
The highest return on investment is in yourself. Stop cutting your coffee budget and start growing your income ceiling.
Your $20 smoothie is preventing you from retiring.
Your $30 avocado toast is keeping you from buying a house.
At least, that’s what we’ve been told.
Here’s the reality: If you cut out your daily coffee and save $1,500 a year, it would take 67 YEARS to get to $100,000.
You can't save your way to wealth. You have to earn it. This leaves two options:
1. Work more hours
2. Build skills that increase what you earn.
Your time has a ceiling, but your skills don’t. Use your 5-9 to build a brand, freelance, or start something on the side.
The highest return on investment is in yourself. Stop cutting your coffee budget and start growing your income ceiling.
If Elon Musk told you to drop out of Stanford… would you do it?
Because I did.
When I was working in Silicon Valley years ago, my roommate invited me to a conference where Elon Musk was speaking.
I had just been accepted into Stanford's Master of Engineering program, but I was also building a startup... and the thought of doing both at once seemed impossible.
When it was my turn to ask Elon a question I asked: "Should I go to Stanford or go all in on my startup?"
Without hesitating, he said: "Stanford will always be there. The startup won't. Go build the startup."
Everything snapped into focus. I'd been treating both decisions like they were equal but they weren't. Stanford was a door, and it would always stay open. The startup was a window, and one that could close quickly if I didn't act.
The very next day I turned down Stanford and went all in on my business. A choice that ultimately led me to build 2 billion dollar companies down the line.
That short exchange taught me a framework I still use today:
Is this opportunity a door… or a window?
Ask yourself that question and your entire life trajectory can change the moment you know the difference.
Because I did.
When I was working in Silicon Valley years ago, my roommate invited me to a conference where Elon Musk was speaking.
I had just been accepted into Stanford's Master of Engineering program, but I was also building a startup... and the thought of doing both at once seemed impossible.
When it was my turn to ask Elon a question I asked: "Should I go to Stanford or go all in on my startup?"
Without hesitating, he said: "Stanford will always be there. The startup won't. Go build the startup."
Everything snapped into focus. I'd been treating both decisions like they were equal but they weren't. Stanford was a door, and it would always stay open. The startup was a window, and one that could close quickly if I didn't act.
The very next day I turned down Stanford and went all in on my business. A choice that ultimately led me to build 2 billion dollar companies down the line.
That short exchange taught me a framework I still use today:
Is this opportunity a door… or a window?
Ask yourself that question and your entire life trajectory can change the moment you know the difference.
If you made your company $2,000,000 by mistake…
…would you give it back?
A Goldman Sachs colleague I knew faced this exact situation. He oversaw a complex client deal, then later discovered a calculation error that put an extra $2M in Goldman's pocket.
Here's the catch: The client got their promised return on investment. They'd never know if Goldman kept the extra $2M. When he explained the situation to his boss, his boss said something I’ll never forget:
"Call them. Explain the mistake. Give back every dollar. Keeping $2 million today isn't worth losing decades of trust."
That answer forever changed how I think about business.
Goldman gave all the money back. The client was so impressed, they told everyone about what happened, and that story earned Goldman more clients and became their best free marketing for years.
Here’s what you can learn from this: In business, in relationships and in life: you can’t just win once. You have to earn trust repeatedly. The only way to truly win is to keep earning the right to play.
…would you give it back?
A Goldman Sachs colleague I knew faced this exact situation. He oversaw a complex client deal, then later discovered a calculation error that put an extra $2M in Goldman's pocket.
Here's the catch: The client got their promised return on investment. They'd never know if Goldman kept the extra $2M. When he explained the situation to his boss, his boss said something I’ll never forget:
"Call them. Explain the mistake. Give back every dollar. Keeping $2 million today isn't worth losing decades of trust."
That answer forever changed how I think about business.
Goldman gave all the money back. The client was so impressed, they told everyone about what happened, and that story earned Goldman more clients and became their best free marketing for years.
Here’s what you can learn from this: In business, in relationships and in life: you can’t just win once. You have to earn trust repeatedly. The only way to truly win is to keep earning the right to play.
The real gap between people who make it and people who don't:
The ability to stay interested in the same thing long enough to get good at it.
The ability to stay interested in the same thing long enough to get good at it.
Nine months ago, I joined my friends Alex Hormozi and Leila Hormozi at Acquisition.com.
The culture, the team, and the sheer scale of what we're building together constantly excites me.
Last week we announced that I'm stepping in as CEO of Acquisition.com!
Here's what's happening and why it matters.
Leila Hormozi is moving into Executive Chairwoman. Focused on long-term strategy, capital deployment, culture, and building what she calls "the Disney of Business." This is not her doing less. This is her being freed up to do more of what only she can do.
Alex Hormozi is going deeper on the "money machine" building the operating models that make every company in our portfolio more valuable.
And I'm stepping in as CEO to run and scale the business day to day, with a mandate to build the private equity firm of the future.
Leila said something in her announcement that I keep coming back to:
"When one person is trying to hold the present and the future at the same time, neither gets full attention."
We've outgrown the original structure, and that's a problem most companies never get to have.
I am humbled to lead this team and grateful to Leila Hormozi and Alex Hormozi for the trust they've placed in me.
Link to the full press release is in the comments.
The culture, the team, and the sheer scale of what we're building together constantly excites me.
Last week we announced that I'm stepping in as CEO of Acquisition.com!
Here's what's happening and why it matters.
Leila Hormozi is moving into Executive Chairwoman. Focused on long-term strategy, capital deployment, culture, and building what she calls "the Disney of Business." This is not her doing less. This is her being freed up to do more of what only she can do.
Alex Hormozi is going deeper on the "money machine" building the operating models that make every company in our portfolio more valuable.
And I'm stepping in as CEO to run and scale the business day to day, with a mandate to build the private equity firm of the future.
Leila said something in her announcement that I keep coming back to:
"When one person is trying to hold the present and the future at the same time, neither gets full attention."
We've outgrown the original structure, and that's a problem most companies never get to have.
I am humbled to lead this team and grateful to Leila Hormozi and Alex Hormozi for the trust they've placed in me.
Link to the full press release is in the comments.
A pattern I’ve noticed:
The higher the level, the more basic the questions.
I’ve advised Fortune 100 CEOs and 8-9 figure founders, and the conversations aren’t complex.
They’re about delegation, time, hiring, clarity, stress.
The deeper you go, the more you realize that mastery is disciplined repetition of fundamentals.
The amateurs chase hacks.
The elite protect the basics.
The higher the level, the more basic the questions.
I’ve advised Fortune 100 CEOs and 8-9 figure founders, and the conversations aren’t complex.
They’re about delegation, time, hiring, clarity, stress.
The deeper you go, the more you realize that mastery is disciplined repetition of fundamentals.
The amateurs chase hacks.
The elite protect the basics.
While you're preparing, someone less prepared is executing.
They're booking the calls you're overthinking.
They're launching the product you're perfecting.
They're closing the deals you're still researching.
The space between where you are and where you want to be isn't skills or knowledge.
It’s proof...built from promises you’ve kept with yourself.
They're booking the calls you're overthinking.
They're launching the product you're perfecting.
They're closing the deals you're still researching.
The space between where you are and where you want to be isn't skills or knowledge.
It’s proof...built from promises you’ve kept with yourself.