Don’t Be Cute | Ep 593
The Game with Alex Hormozi
Alex Hormozi
4.9 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
“Just do it exactly as it is outlined.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about the one piece of advice every entrepreneur needs to hear. Listen in as Alex reflects on a pivotal concept that was given to him by a mentor.
Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.
Timestamps:
(1:11) - Simplicity outperforms complexity.
(3:23) - Rule: Duplicate success, then innovate.
(7:08) - Prioritize above-the-fold content optimization.
(8:30) - Reminder: Repeat what works consistently.
(10:36) - Simplicity often leads to substantial success.
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(This episode is a re-run. Original airdate was December 1, 2020)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Real quick, you guys already know that I don't run any ads on this, and I don't sell anything, |
| 0:04.5 | and so the only ask that I can ever have are you guys that you help me spread the words, |
| 0:07.7 | we can not more entrepreneurs, make more money, feed their families, make better products, |
| 0:11.9 | and have better experiences for their employees and customers. |
| 0:14.9 | And the only way we do that is if you can rate and review and share this podcast. |
| 0:19.4 | So the single thing that I have to do is you can just leave a review, |
| 0:21.9 | but take you 10 seconds or one type of the thumb, it would mean the absolute world to me, |
| 0:25.2 | and more importantly, it may change the world of someone else. |
| 0:28.1 | We need to be reminded more than we need to be taught. |
| 0:30.0 | Like those sayings are pervasive in our community because I think they are the things |
| 0:33.7 | that are the bedrock of successful entrepreneurship. |
| 0:38.8 | The wealthiest people in the world see business as a game. |
| 0:41.2 | This podcast, the game, is my attempt at documenting the lessons I've learned on my way to |
| 0:44.5 | building acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio. |
| 0:47.2 | My hope is that you use the lessons to bring your business, and maybe someday soon, |
| 0:49.9 | partner with us to get to a hundred million dollars and beyond. |
| 0:51.8 | I hope you share and enjoy. |
| 0:53.6 | What I want to talk to you about today is a saying that we have said over and over and over again |
| 0:59.2 | in our community and some real world applications to it, and that saying is don't be cute. |
| 1:06.8 | And so the first time I heard this saying was from a serial CEO, he was a mercenary CEO. |
| 1:11.7 | So basically that is a CEO who's once a company, like a private equity firm, |
| 1:15.7 | purchases a new company. They go have this kind of black book of their all-star players, |
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