Why You Should Stop Saying Sorry | Ep 126
Build with Leila Hormozi
Leila Hormozi
5 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
“If somebody was really sorry, they would change their behavior.” Today, Leila (@LeilaHormozi) emphasizes the importance of actionable apologies over verbal ones in personal and professional settings, highlighting how this approach promotes personal growth and business success. She provides insightful commentary on the negative impact of repetitive apology cycles without real change, advocating for proactive behavior modification and commitment to action plans to genuinely rectify mistakes and improve team dynamics.
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Timestamps:
(0:41) - Navigating workplace dynamics: bullying and accountability
(3:00) - The cycle of apologies without change
(5:16) - The importance of behavior change over apologies
(10:45) - Forgiveness, apologies, and moving forward
(11:28) - Managing emotions and focusing on the future
(13:21) - Improving relationships through reduced emotional reactivity
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| 0:00.0 | If you really want to apologize, show them with your actions that you agree it was unacceptable |
| 0:06.7 | if it was. |
| 0:07.8 | And I think that saying words to somebody seems lazy, in my opinion. |
| 0:11.9 | Committing to an action plan and putting in the work to change your behavior demonstrates |
| 0:15.7 | an apology, in my opinion. |
| 0:17.1 | It means they learned. |
| 0:23.3 | How do you create an unshakable business? |
| 0:25.9 | I crossed $100 million in net worth by the age of 28. |
| 0:29.0 | Now I'm growing acquisition.com into a billion dollar portfolio. |
| 0:32.2 | In this podcast, I share the lessons I've learned in scaling big businesses |
| 0:35.2 | and helping our portfolio companies do the same. |
| 0:37.8 | Buckle up and let's build. |
| 0:41.6 | There's been like multiple situations recently where different people have acted a certain |
| 0:46.3 | way that has been mean, just like bullying, but then they apologize and then say, |
| 0:52.4 | that's not what I meant to do. |
| 0:55.9 | And I'm like, I don't give a... Like, instead of getting good at apologizing, |
| 0:58.8 | get good at just not doing the thing, |
| 1:00.4 | you're doing something else. |
| 1:01.8 | And so that was kind of where it came from |
| 1:03.5 | was when I was talking about, |
| 1:04.1 | like the jealousy one I think was top of mind a few days ago, |
| 1:06.3 | but this one was probably more top of mind. |
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