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The Game with Alex Hormozi

Starting a Business Will Lose You Friends... And That's Ok | Ep 745

The Game with Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormozi

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, How To

4.94.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"You have to like your goals more than you like your friends." In this episode, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about the "lonely chapter" - the awkward, transitional period where you don't really fit in with your old social circle as you adjust to the demands of starting a new business. It's not something to fear, it's something to expect and go through anyways.

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0:00.0

Sometimes you have to like your goals more than you like your friends.

0:04.7

And every person who wants to do something in their life or has done something with their lives

0:09.7

is going through the exact same chapter that you're going through right now. And it's the lonely chapter. It's the chapter where you

0:16.2

don't fit in with your old friends, but you don't have the achievements yet to fit in with a new

0:20.4

group of friends. And you're doing all the stuff, right?

0:23.0

The fruit tutorials, you're watching these videos,

0:25.0

and you're reading everything you can get your hands on.

0:27.0

And you're trying to set up whatever your podcast is,

0:29.5

or your content thing, right?

0:31.0

And you're going through it and you're thinking yourself like is this even worth it?

0:33.8

Because you're not seeing any signs of success. But the sign of success is the

0:37.4

hate that you get along the way. It is the leading indicator. And what you can't do

0:42.1

is bend the knee to their hate and try and fit back in and

0:46.1

conform because it's comfortable and it's warm. It's like the scene in the Matrix

0:50.4

when Trinity opens the door, the very beginning in the first matrix,

0:54.0

when Neo is about to take the red pill

0:56.0

and he wants to get out of the car.

0:58.0

And Trinity says,

0:59.0

you've been down that road, Neo, you know that road,

1:01.0

and you know exactly where it ends. And I know that's not where you want to be

1:05.8

And then he closes the door and he gets back in and he goes they go to go take the red pole

1:10.4

So right now this moment that you're going through is Trinity opening the door and saying

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