I Don’t Read Books, I Study Them | Ep 651

The Game with Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormozi

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, How To

4.9 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

“The biggest difference between rich dads and poor dads is that rich dads teach their kids to think in bigger increments.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) shares his personal experiences and methodology for effective learning. He clarifies misconceptions about his habits, emphasizing he does not read regularly, but targets specific areas based on what he needs to know next. He encourages identifying points of deficiency, filling these knowledge gaps through targeted reading and practical applications

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:

(1:50) - The importance of identifying your learning needs

(2:51) - Value of masterminds and coaching

(3:58) - Importance of doing and learning from action

(6:33) - Experience with masterminds and workshops

(9:11) - The power of thinking in larger increments

(10:02) - Clearing up misconceptions about high ticket purchases

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(This episode is a re-run. Original airdate was on October 11, 2022)

Transcript

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0:00.0	99% of the stuff I learned I learned from doing. A lot of times the masterminds will give you the context
0:05.1	to learn where you are deficient, more than they will solve the deficiency.
0:11.6	The wealthiest people in the world see business as a game.
0:14.0	This podcast, the game, is my attempt at documenting the lessons I've learned on my way to building
0:17.7	acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio.
0:20.0	My hope is that you use the lessons to grow your business and maybe someday soon,
0:22.8	partner with us to get to $100 million and beyond. I hope you share and enjoy.
0:27.8	I get asked all the time and I want to address this because this is a misconception.
0:36.0	A lot of people think that I read books all day and I don't.
0:40.0	I bought a lot of books. I don't read many books.
0:42.0	And I was actually kind of insecure about it because I could ask a lot because they're like you must read lots of books and honestly I don't really and I people like you know a lot about stuff which is thank you don't feel that way but appreciate it
0:53.6	it's because I will read in targeted manners around problems that I need to
0:57.5	solve and so if I need to learn about copywriting I'll read four books on
1:02.3	copywriting in a week.
1:04.0	But then I won't read anything for a very long time.
1:05.6	And then I'll be like, oh, I just accounted a problem
1:07.4	that I really need to know more about.
1:08.7	And then I'll go really deep on the next topic,
1:11.1	which is that little missing brick on my bridge to get me to where I want to go.
1:14.8	And so what I don't actually like and this is going to probably be controversial is that I don't
1:18.9	like the whole like I read a book a week that's what I to. Because what happens is you create a really good vehicle
1:24.8	for mental masturbation.
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