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Build with Leila Hormozi

Why I Don't Use Labels As A Crutch | Ep 66

Build with Leila Hormozi

Leila Hormozi

Education, Entrepreneurship, Management, How To, Business

5867 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"And then that label no longer is helpful. That label becomes a crutch.” Today, Leila (@LeilaHormozi) shares with us her opinion on why she refuses to label herself as a "female" CEO and explains why she believes labels can be hindering and limiting. She also discusses the importance of empowering oneself and taking personal responsibility for success in business.

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:

(2:16) - Using gender as an excuse for not being heard

(3:54) - Leila argues against labeling as a female CEO

(8:13) - Labels reinforce the gender gap and mental handicap

(9:36) - Empowerment through personal growth and improvement

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I am who I am, and I'm not going to change I am because of how people want me to be

0:02.9

or what's going to get more lights and shares.

0:04.5

I just feel like when you can find yourself in a gender box, you just completely shun

0:08.4

the rest of the population that's not there.

0:15.3

How do you create an unshakable business?

0:17.8

I cross $100 million in net worth by the age of 28.

0:21.4

Now I'm growing acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio. In this podcast, I share the lessons I've

0:25.7

learned in scaling big businesses and helping our portfolio companies do the same. Buckle up and

0:30.5

let's build. What is up today? This has absolutely zero to do with getting your business between three

0:39.9

and ten million. This is actually, I wasn't really hesitant to make, but it kind of just came out

0:45.5

of a tweet Emmy the other day, which came out of and asked me anything I did on Instagram. And basically

0:49.8

what it was is that I put out, you know, asked me anything. I was like sitting in the car waiting

0:53.7

for some employment or something. And I had like probably five women say, you know, how do I

0:58.5

succeed as a female founder, female entrepreneur, and female CEO. And, you know, the first thing

1:04.0

that like came to my mind was I was like, stop calling yourself a female CEO or female founder. Like,

1:08.1

you're a founder, you're a CEO. And I tweeted that and it's just gone viral.

1:12.2

And so I felt like obviously that hit availing with people because, you know, honestly, I feel like I'm

1:16.2

isolated in my opinion. And I feel like anytime I put anything out there that's like, why you call

1:19.8

a female stuff. They're like, act you. You don't support the women. And I'm like, I do support women more than anyone. I am a female CEO, but I don't support people labeling themselves.

1:27.9

That's what I wanted to explain is why I don't call myself a female founder, female CEO,

1:32.7

and instead I just call myself CEO or founder or entrepreneur. And the first reason for that is

1:36.9

I don't believe in labels. I don't find them helpful. I don't find them useful. And the reason I

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