This is Why No One Wants to Work Anymore | Ep 132
Build with Leila Hormozi
Leila Hormozi
5 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
“The reality is that most things that are good for us don't feel good. Most things that make our lives better don't feel good.” Today, Leila (@LeilaHormozi) debunks the misconception that work is a punishment, advocating for rewarding and meaningful work that enhances life. She highlights the importance of shifting from a mindset of work avoidance to seeking fulfilling work that contributes to personal growth, satisfaction, and positive impact.
Welcome to Build where we talk about the lessons I have learned in scaling big businesses, gaining millions in sales, and helping our portfolio companies do the same. Buckle up, because we’re creating an unshakeable business.
Timestamps:
(1:14) - The misconceptions of work and happiness
(6:07) - Personal stories of work experiences
(7:02) - The power of positive work environments
(15:54) - Embracing hard work for personal growth
(20:17) - The importance of mental health and embracing challenges
(22:28) - Staying present in the face of challenges
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How can we engineer an environment where work makes our lives better, not worse? |
| 0:06.7 | That's the goal. |
| 0:07.8 | I don't think the goal should be to minimize work. |
| 0:10.1 | It should be to how can we make work, make the rest of our lives better. |
| 0:19.6 | How do you create an unshakable business? I cross $100 million in net worth by the age of 28. |
| 0:25.3 | Now I'm growing acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio. In this podcast, I share the lessons |
| 0:29.9 | I've learned in scaling big businesses and helping our portfolio companies do the same. |
| 0:34.2 | Buckle up and let's build. Seems like no one wants to work anymore. Like we've got like |
| 0:41.2 | hump day. We're talking about taco Tuesday. We're talking about Sunday mimosa's. We're talking about |
| 0:46.9 | every which way that we can avoid work rather than do it. I would say that a lot of people |
| 0:52.2 | feel this way and say these things because there's |
| 0:54.8 | this narrative that work is bad and that work has to be punishing and that works something we want |
| 0:59.1 | less of. And what I want to talk about is why that is wrong. It is not true. It is only true in certain |
| 1:05.4 | situations. And I want to talk about how you can engineer your life so that you get to avoid those |
| 1:10.6 | situations and be in ones where work is actually good and you want more of it. So what I want to talk about how you can engineer your life so that you get to avoid those situations |
| 1:11.1 | and be in ones where work is actually good and you want more of it. So what I want to talk about |
| 1:15.0 | today is why so many people think they hate their work and are constantly trying to minimize |
| 1:21.3 | and escape it. I was actually on LinkedIn the other day and I was looking at all these posts that |
| 1:25.6 | were popping up. And a lot of them were basically people who, I don't know, they sell you on like having a |
| 1:31.2 | business that takes you X amount of hours a week, a business that supports the life you love and all |
| 1:35.9 | of these things. And I actually just felt really sad because I think there was a time for me when |
| 1:40.5 | I thought that work was bad and work sucked and I wanted to minimize time spent |
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