How Kemp Knott changed my life forever (and taught me humility).. | Ep 54
The Game with Alex Hormozi
Alex Hormozi
4.9 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
"That's not what the market thinks. That's not what reality thinks." Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) shares a personal story about his high school experience and how it taught him the importance of hard work over talent. He encourages listeners to embrace the same mindset and work harder to achieve their goals rather than relying solely on natural abilities.
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:
(1:00) - Kemp's struggles and value of hard work
(3:32) - Talent alone doesn't guarantee success
(5:59) - Humbling ourselves and learning from failures
(6:39) - Recognizing untapped potential in talented team members
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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. |
| 0:04.6 | The only ask that I can ever have are you guys that you help me spread the words. |
| 0:07.8 | We can not more entrepreneurs, make more money, feed their families, |
| 0:10.9 | make better products, and have better experiences for their employees and customers. |
| 0:14.9 | The only way we do that is if you can rate and review and share this podcast. |
| 0:19.4 | The single thing that I have to do is leave review. |
| 0:21.9 | I'll take you 10 seconds or one type of the thumb. |
| 0:23.9 | It would mean the absolute world to me. |
| 0:25.2 | More importantly, it may change the world of someone else. |
| 0:28.1 | Going on, everybody. |
| 0:28.9 | Happy, hump day. |
| 0:30.4 | Happy Wednesday. |
| 0:31.2 | I'm super happy to make this video for you because this is my Kemp Not story. |
| 0:37.8 | And I don't know if I've told you guys this story before, |
| 0:40.9 | but Kemp Not is a kid that I went to high school with and he changed my life forever. |
| 0:45.3 | And I'm making this half for my own team and maybe you can tag some of the |
| 0:48.6 | your own team that resonates. |
| 0:50.4 | If you feel like this will resonate with them or maybe it resonates with you. |
| 0:54.7 | But when I was in high school and I'll tag, I'll put a picture of me in high school in the first |
| 1:00.8 | comment after this is done posting. |
| 1:04.0 | I was a really, really arrogant kid. |
| 1:06.8 | I was a really angry, very prideful kid. |
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