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If you’re new to my channel, my name is Alex Hormozi. I’m the founder and managing partner of Acquisition.com. It’s a family office, which is just a formal way of saying we invest our own money into companies. Our 10 portfolio companies bring in over $200,000,000+ per year. Our ownership stake varies between 20% and 100% of them. Given this is a YT channel, and anyone can claim anything, I’ll give you some stuff you can google to verify below.
How I got here…
21: Graduated Vanderbitl in 3 years Magna Cum Laude, and took a fancy consulting job.
23 yrs old: Left my fancy consulting job to start a business (a gym).
24 yrs old: Opened 5 gym locations.
26 yrs old: Closed down 6th gym. Lost everything.
26 yrs old: Got back to launching gyms (launched 33). Then, lost everything for a 2nd time.
26 yrs old: In desperation, started licensing model as a hail mary. It worked.
27 yrs old: "Gym Launch" does $3M profit the next 6 months. Then $17M profit next 12 months.
28 yrs old: Started Prestige Labs. $20M the first year.
29 yrs old: Launched ALAN, a software company for agencies to work leads for customers. Scaled to $1.7mmo within 6 months.
31 yrs old: Sold 75% of UseAlan to a strategic buyer in an all stock deal.
31 yrs old: Sold 66% of Gym Launch & Prestige Labs at $46.2M valuation in all-cash deal to American Pacific Group. (you can google it)
31 yrs old: Started our family office Acquisition.com. We invest and scale companies using the $42M in distributions we had taken + the cash from the $46.2M exit.
32 yrs old: Started making free content showing how we grow companies to make real business education accessible to everyone (and) to attract business owners to invest or scale their businesses.
34 yrs old: I became co-owner of Skool.com to help the many people who want to start a business online do so.
Today: Our portfolio now does $200M/yr between 10 companies. The largest doing $100M/yr the smallest doing $5M per year. Our ownership varies between 20% and 100% ownership of the companies. Many of them we invested in early and helped grow (which is how we make our money - not youtube videos).
To all the gladiators in the arena, we’re all in the middle of writing our own stories. The worse the monsters, the more epic the story.
You either get an epic outcome or an epic story. Both mean you win.
Keep crushing. May your desires be greater than your obstacles.
Never quit,
Alex
FULL DISCLOSURE
I make content to make money - just - on a longer time horizon than most. I want to build trust with business owners so we can find the best ones and help them scale. And if they’re awesome, write them a check and go all the way as partners.
"A man is measured by the smallest thing that provokes him"
That's offending!
My dad always said and I don't know who he was quoting, but oft remembered: A man can be judged by the size of his problems.
That is really good
500 years ago when a bear ate your father, instead of crying about it in therapy, you started actively scanning your surroundings for and avoiding bears. This was beneficial to your survival.
Present day, you got betrayed by a friend and now you have trouble being open with people, causing your relationships to wither.
This is why we focus on "trauma". It's not for the emotional catharsis, or the limiting label. We recognize things in the past that hurt us because these things shape our behaviour, and unless we analyze it, we will do these things mindlessly in unfit situations.
I do agree that a lot of times, we need to learn to see past events just for the stimuli that they were, and even be cognizant of the emotional stimuli that it caused, but we don't need to hold on to it as an identity.
Wow! Love this comment. It makes total sense to me that we would want to protect ourselves from something we felt trauma from. The fun bit it then looking at whether we can shift the identity of that trauma event and distill it into something less painful.
And that is a belief
@@slymusic9108 everything is a belief. Some beliefs communicate useful ideas and some are garbage.
Sounds like broscience. You don't have any empirical proof that there was no emotional attachment on a deeper level just a mere 500 years ago (a ridiculously short timeline on the evolution scale for the point you're trying to drive home) when seeing a parent be killed and reacting robot-esque.
I used to think the way alex thinks but ended up hurting so many people I came across because nothing really mattered to me and I ended up living in the moment and that can be dangerous too. I have since turned to analyzing every interaction I have with people in order to become more conscious of how I was treating people or how I react in certain situations. This video does not show the negative aspects of living with this behavior.
This conversation and this framework has fundamentally changed how I think about things. Separating beliefs from objective facts is insanely powerful. Most people watching this have no idea how many hours of thought and philosophical work was put in to distill the ideas into this final mentality. Alex providing insane value to everyone per usual, thanks brotha 🏆💯
Have a relationship with someone that abuses you. Feelings are real and don’t think it’s so simple.
Hey i watched you video with Gram stefin I want to start out by saying you did not offend me but you are off your hinges on what you define as Christianity...
The “objective facts” are themselves defined by belief structures.
Chris Waugh isn’t it ‘meaning and interpretation’?
No Not necessarily because the main thing you had off was the belief there is no 50 50 line which is not true the bible talked about the 50 50 christan that you have to believe with your whole heart otherwise he says when you die that he will say that he did not even know you [if these needs to be more clear let me know]
Lost a parent at 16 in a car accident. Took me 7 years to actually get over it. Almost lost my life at 21. Now at 23, I can safely say I'm done wearing those chips on my shoulder and want to get to fucking work.
I now live life with lots of humor because that's how the parent that I lost lived theres. Not just that, but life is more enjoyable this way. I know damn well those past years of mine, being that I was in the self pity, jealous hole that I was in, my parent was metaphorically in spirit out there cursing at me saying "man the fuck up and laugh at yourself, you seriously need it. And stop taking the shit life throws at you so seriously" 😂
Despite the accident I can say 100% my parent, if they were able to and still alive, would still be laughing at their situation and of how funny life can be sometimes. Not saying my experience has any merit for any one else's situation, just offering my humble human perspective. Cheers to all reading this ☀️
one thing with a guaranteed zero ROI: self pity
Lost my wife to cancer with 2 kids ages 5&3. This resonates. But the best way for me to carry (her) forward is making her proud and still active the dreams we talked so vividly about.
Thanks for opening your story for us to read.
Lost my dad at 18. Fell into a ditch, banged his head off a rock, fell unconscious and died of hypothermia We didn't find his body for two days. Family life was already spiralling out of control. Can't go into because it still hurts and the facts are genuinely messed up. Part of me is relatively successful as a result of me not wanting to "end up that way" and part of me is totally messed up because I carried stuff into my adult life that I simply did not know how to overcome and nobody knew how to help me, even though they were all utterly convinced they did know how. I've lost almost all trust in people.
@ALEX LEE hey man what's 4 4 48 challenge?
@ALEX LEE wow. That takes mental strength. Kudos to you.
Funny I was talking about this the other day. How positive and negative energy affects our body. So, If I quit viewing something as being bad, it won't have the same effect on my body or life.
you just have to remember to be able to separate that with how you treat other people because it can cause major damage to other people
"When people are given resources that they weren't taught how to use or manage, it destroys them. It's too much potential energy"
Fucking amazing way to put it. Alex is a true role model
The lottery situation 😊
Ayn Rand said the same with different words: if a man's money is smaller than him then it serves him; if it is bigger than him then it destroys him.
my god how much you’ve grown your channel while just being your authentic self. Alex, you’re my “Internet dad” and I continue to seek any wisdom you are willing to offer to your audience, keep being you
As a trauma coach myself, I agree that we create our own traumas based on our belief systems around what happens. However! A young child doesn’t have much choice of their belief system. They grow up in environment that programs them to be susceptible to trauma. And you’re right this can fuck people up for a long time. But the truth is trauma is not healed just by convincing yourself you didn’t have trauma like you’re saying Alex. That’s denial. Trump has healed when we embrace and except our pain and learn to love and let it go. That is a very emotional process and your logical nihilistic view is not helpful for people who are struggling
Spot on. And to his example, both 15 year old girls were traumatized, it's just no one asked them.
Bad things happen. If you skip the processing part, it WILL come for you. Mid life. Late life. Life has a way of catching up with you, whatever you want to believe.
This segment shifted my thinking in a way that would serve me for life, or at least until I decide to change my beliefs again. Thank you Alex for being bold.
Alex, just found your channel. I've been an avid follower and practitioner of stoicism for over a year, and see many parallels to the ideas you've discussed. It's all about separating the internal from the external. Aligning with oneself is all that really matters.
This is absolutely brilliant. Your perception is all that matters, or doesn't matter. Shift the odds in your favor by deciding what holds 'meaning'
The main thing here is that if you have the ability to remove yourself from the problem ( trauma) then you have the ability to solve it and move on. Stay emotionally unattached and you will have a different perspective of every situation. Great vid Alex.
Damn. Going to go watch the full conversation now. Alex Speaks so eloquently it’s super impressive.
Some of these ideas were shortchanged, I think reasonable rebuttals were needed to flush certain examples or concepts out. The examples of trauma in ancient times versus now are similar. Death of a parent prematurely was more common back then, and cultures still mourned for weeks and sometimes months after a person’s passing. Because it isn’t happening now doesn’t mean we can assume it wasn’t traumatic. People often don’t take the step to associate emotion/trauma/turmoil with times they didn’t live in. Instead we often think, “People were tougher back then.” Dating at 15 year old now and back is was still traumatic to the child. We can’t assume it was easier for child brides then. Trauma wasn’t recognized as a condition, but that doesn’t change the way one’s mind deals with emotional shock. I do agree that categorizing conditions and acceptable reactions creates weaknesses though. We have to become less wayward under pressure and tailor our mental responses. As he said, it’s a process.
Exactly. The points brought up are extremely shortsighted and simply wrong scientifically and sociologically
I agree with you as someone who used to view life similar to Alex. I hurt many people I interacted with without meaning to. Living in the moment at an extreme can have it's negatives.
The child bride thing is silly. There are still parts of the world that practice it, and the girls are still traumatized.
The "chips" thesis is so well articulated. Really does a lot to question the idea of "leaving a legacy" in particular.
I think legacy is a real thing.
thats why we still remember the founders of America.
I think you can live a fulfilling life if you have a bigger vision than yourself.
@@eldisperez if you expand time out long enough then you probably won’t remember the founders though, we only do because we’re not far removed from it. Few people besides history buffs and historians can name all of the people involved in creating all of the ancient empires that existed in the past. And some remnants of certain empires are for sure lost and nobody will ever know about them today or in the future. And if you really take it to the extreme, scientists believe that around 7 billion years from now the sun will explode and become a nebula and essentially turn everything on Earth (and Mercury, Venus etc) into dust, including any traces of civilization remaining on the planet. What legacy will remain then?
Of course a lot can happen in 7 billion years, but I think people really overstate the importance of legacy.
@@SteelPlated But what if legacy isn't about the ego boost of having your name remembered and more about doing something meaningful that allows other meaningful things to be built off of it? Maybe a small percentage of people can name 10 founders of computer science, but we all benefit from their deciding to do something meaningful today.
@@eventualrobot6734 that’s very true. Even if everything turns to dust at some point, providing something useful and helpful to the world for as long as it’s around is absolutely worth doing.
It’s nice on one hand but on the other it kinda implies life is a zero sum game
Nice segment my man. Definitely agree, your beliefs should serve you and nothing is permanent.
Definitely interesting, but people were still under intense stress when loved ones died. Attachment and grief is also apart of biology
I started listening because of this interview! Really helps hearing your points and appreciate the experiences you share. You’re reaching people, so please don’t stop sharing.
Where is the full interview?
Alex this was an incredible talk thank you!!!
So refreshing to hear this. I swear I think the same way as Alex and I'm not nearly as good as breaking it down. Thanks bro 💪
I felt this hard, similar journey as Alex for me
Loved the chat and as a Christian who has also studied apologetics and similar supporting topics understand exactly what you meant on all of it. Essentially you moved to emotionless nihilism which it at very least very logically consistent and that is admirable in its own way. That said, I wasn’t sure I understood why your easy argument against Christianity was actually a rebuttal to anything. As you said, it depends on what we mean by the words we use and I think the key one that may have been at issue is what scripture means by faith. Modern Christians think it is just to believe a certain set of propositions to be true and so don’t have any sense of action or duty called upon them. They can believe something is true and then not act as if it is and will rationalize that they are saved.
Dr. Michael Heiser defines faith best I believe by describing it as “believing loyalty”. It’s about knowing who God is and staying loyal to Him. We see this in David, he always knew God and never worshipped another all the while messing up along the way and doing amazing feats too. So it’s not a 49/50/51% ratio scale of actions and nor is it just about how strongly you believe a set of statements. It is an active belief that brings about loyalty to His commands and not turning away from God.
I’m sure you had other issues with the faith but as that was all you listed I figured I would say some thoughts on the topic. Wish you the best, love the content.
Well said, and I had the same perspective in his line of thinking. It is the active belief that proposed a greater future for Alex and in doing so, elevated him to where he is, where we all strive to progress. Faith is at the forefront. And faith has no judgement on the metrics to which we deploy.
Unfortunately he doesn't care about the comments so he won't see this😅
@@azonto1232 Let's hope God makes him check this once!
The idea of the ratio scale wasn't just to question one's strength of faith but rather to put into perspective that there will be other people who think they have they also have an "active loyal belief". It would be foolish to say that believers never doubt God, it's impossible to be that irrational despite the fact that the belief system is based on trying to find logical reasoning to justify an emotional connection. Thus you reach the proposition that there are 'stronger' active loyal believers than others, which leads to the 49/51 ratio.
@@godmode2461 I hear you, but to his point, what if we don't reach the proposition that there are "stronger" active loyal believers than others. And to let go of judgement in the realm of "works", predisposition, etc. God knows ones heart and that is the mystery that supersedes and transcends logical reasoning. The journey is from the head to the heart. The logical, rationale mind (wrestling with ones existence and meaning) VS the feeling of being (not doing) - free, alive, and in love. That is the romance that keeps us all going. It's fun to play around with ideas like this, but the core to us as humans all stems from love. Love cannot be deduced to logical rhetoric. There's something to that. Something worth exploring.
Sometimes changing the narrative will be the best thing that one can do. Afterall, your beliefs define your environment and your future! 👍
The full podcast is entirely worth the watch, love to see these segments getting uploaded to rewatch often. unrelated note - I have to know, where do you get the flannels?
Yeah, we need the flannel hookup
This is exactly how I think and you Alex, are the first person I’ve heard talk about the world the way I view it. I grew up catholic and then went non-denominational Christian and then had my years of thinking of what you talked about and now I view the world completely different. It’s so awesome and liberating that I’m not the only one that thinks this way!
Thank you Alex for all of the value you add to our lives!
That podcast helped me form a lot of my opinions of how I look at the world and was definitely impactful for me and honestly I’ve been living better sense.
So thank you for putting your thoughts out there for others to help form their own.
Recently found your channel and love your systemic approach! Thanks for sharing your wisdom - I'm going to binge watch all of your videos today! All the best
Best upswell of watching his videos is “I have nothing to sell you” makes me want to watch his videos more. Love it.
I came across your channel yesterday and have been binge watching your content… great stuff man! You don’t miss!
The Casino of life is a great analogy, I love it. Every time, when you bring it out, I remember how life isn’t all about getting money.
I really like the ethereal casino analogy and have held a similar belief for some time.
In the business game, we create systems for generating and storing potential energy to do more cool stuff.
In the end, it is to grow as much as we can, live fully, create choices, and find meaning in sharing these resources and experiences with others.
If there is a better way to see it, let me know so I can adopt that perspective.💪🔥
I am in a lower position that you are now and I completely agree with what you said. The question for me is: is it even worth chasing wealth, then deciding if I still agree with your point of view or am I just making excuses because I been failing too many times in the past few years ?
7:12 From here it gets really good. I too can get a lot of drive out of existentialism when framed like that. When you talk about the piece of land, and how futile our legacies really are, that's really eye-opening!
This was a good one! Considering went through something the other day. It was really helpful! Thanks Alex!
Alex, you are so wise and mature for your age. Thank you for sharing!
I intuitively rejected his idea but when you reflect on it there seems to be valid points on both sides.
I think it fundamentally comes down to this: *Humans understand the world through their culture.* Cultural values can differ widely and substantially, so the same experience in one culture could be traumatic and in another culture could be normal. But that doesn't mean that the event wasn't traumatic for the person who says it was. And that's *because* humans understand the world through their culture.
The same thing that makes Alex's point true also makes it false.
We know that nothing is traumatic (or stressful) in and of itself, but that doesn't mean one can't get traumatized.
That's why those who experience trauma do need to process it. They need to process it to understand that Alex is right. They don't *need* to be traumatized because they experienced that event.
I found you a few days ago and I'm glad I did. Not through Graham, but you have helped myself and a lot of people. Thank you
Thanks for watching
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Do this is always what I believed growing up a born again Christian. This is why I relate to Alex on a different level. None of his content or his wife wastes our time and it’s required to review by companies we consult and my team. Love this.
As someone who grew up in a different country and came to America later in life, I definitely see how your surroundings can affect the way to react to problems even if you are part of the “same culture”. There a multiple things that trigger my American born Latino people when we who actually grew up in 3rd world countries don’t even care about this meaningless things, we just wanna survive, provide and grow.
Thanks for watching
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge Alex.
Alex kept it gangsta with them and they didn’t know how to respond. Priceless. 😂
Alex, by chance if you read these, your podcast w/Graham was an amazing look into your mental framework. Incredible stuff to chew on.
So so much value thank you 😊 😊
My friend! I sent Leila an email that I didn’t edit and address to her, rookie move from a rookie, but I would love to talk with both of you about my plan to save SF combat vets. Love yall
You make excellent quality points. Very stoic. What is a life worth leading? Subject to interpretation. Why does this matter to me? Maybe it doesn’t.
I try to think orthogonally, and I see so many people doing things because it’s what we’re supposed to do. I do the same, we all do, and often times we don’t even realize we’re playing out our cultural context or our biology without real intention.
Yas! Been binge watching your vids over last two weeks since I found your UA-cam channel. Thank you very much sir I hope I can come back in a year much more successful
Your the man Alex! Keep up the great work leading by example.
Wow! I usually don't comment but this is very very "triggering" belief and profound! You just changed my whole perspective of my belief. What a great way to live life! Many thanks to you Alex for sharing your belief.
Wow, i get it. Its all perceptions and how we attatch meanings to life events. 😅 Thankyou, you are a blessing Alex.
I appreciate your voice so much. There's so much new age stuff and know it alls without much backed up or thoroughly combed
I was almost through the whole podcast but this must be towards the end, so powerful man thank you for your wisdom 😊😊
I just love that line, I have nothing to sell you... Kinda makes me want to buy something from him, probably why his so successful hmmm... His just authentic
Like I always say...be very careful for the things you choose to care about..there is real power in that choice
The level of consideration here is outstanding. You can tell there's a standard of excellence (and a lot of pressure) to be efficient and deliberate
why does that matter
@@MikeGubisch it won't matter to everyone. I think it's an inspiring note to success - pay attention and do things with intention
@@fitforfreelance i was making a joke haha
Makes complete sense, you choose to judge things and give them a bias, now you either created an infatuation or a resentment, you've just created a way for yourself to suffer because you only suffer in two ways.. when you perceive youre gaining what you resent or losing what your infatuated. you have to reach neutrality to be able to control your actions and command yourself, true freedom is when you do what you want regardless of your emotions. dont judge, be objective, neutralise the bias neutralise the emotion.
Alex Hormozi first off I have mad respect for what you have accomplished and what you are continuously doing with your valuable content.
You have spoken about your growth with the mentoring of Russell Brunson and I'm curious if you have considered mentoring with Jay Abraham?
Just watched it the second time after watching the whole interview a few days ago. We need to be more reminded that to be tought. Now I go over to Alexes book and listen to an audio version of the book simultaniously. It works phenomenal!
MIND BLOWN! AMAZING PODCAST.
You need to add these videos to spotify ASAP, great content
Man! I know I already Watched the Podcast but I still love watching these again haha
Totally true. “Everything is opinion.” -Marcus Aurelius
That’s why it’s important to reinterpret your experiences and give them positive meaning.
Thank you for that insight. I think you illustrated how welded we can be to artificial narratives.
the chips going back to the table when we die really struck me. awesome Alex
Super interesting thoughts thanks for sharing Alex!
Thank you Alex! I've recently started following you and your views have meaningfully impacted my life broadly, in a positive way. Thank you so much for the tremendous value. 💪🏾🙏🏾
Daaaaamn, Alex quoting Orson Scott Card, nice. Ender’s Game FTW
This reminds me of the landmark form but so much more raw and transparent
love your perspectives man , thank u
Love the perspective
Just stared listening. GREAT stuff. Matches well with Steve Pressfield's 'Do the Work'.
Did you come to this through your own self reflection and study? I agree with what you are saying. Just curious how you came to this because maybe there is a way I can program myself to get in that space to change normal thinking.
Disregard.....got too excited and messaged too early
Thank you for your advice Alex!
Thanks for watching
Hit me up there ☝️☝️
There are profitable nods and patterns I’d love to show you...
The way you broke down this podcast to create ton more content from it🔥
Is there a link to the full podcast?
Alex the insane focus and hunger in these thumbnails are killing me 😂 great job
Hahaha that’s awesome and a very good perspective. Money doesn’t matter because you eventually die and it goes back to the game. Then you can really figure what makes you happy in life.
In regards to his comments about estate planning I find his perspective interesting and odd. I imagine most people do estate planning aren't thinking of 500 generations out into the future and realizing that in the grand scheme of things it won't have an impact on that 500th generation. I would think most people think about their children, the humans that they're responsible for and how the assets they've accrued might help them to pursue a life of moral, intellectual, and spiritual contemplation. Aristotle talks about this that the purpose of society is to work collectively to alleviate our burdens so that we have the chance to pursue the intellectual life.
It's interesting that he takes the perspective that if his impact would be diluted over 500 generations that his actions are ultimately meaningless. So if hypothetically he was emperor of the world and his actions were impact his family for a thousand generations then his assests would have significance?
Here's a question that puzzles me all the time... I love my wife so much which also means I deeply care a lot about what she thinks of me... obviously, it's not always just positive... which leads to drama, me feeling hurt, me probably overreacting etc... I've had periods where I choose not to care. No drama, more peace at home. Problem solved? But then we end up pretty much not having relationships... at least not intimate, caring, loving relationships, just a co-existence... it's like a direction towards a divorce. If you care, you live in pain. If you don't - you pretty much don't even live together. Any advice would be appreciated.
I’m honored to live in a time that Alex and Leila live!
I am new to Alex and love his insights. I feel he is genuine and brilliant beyond words. As a long time Christian and recently back in the faith I'd love to hear Alex discuss his views with other Christian apologists. Not in a debate format where each is trying to prove something but in thoughtful conversation. From his discussion I don't get his false binary argument against Xtianity. Once one accepts Christ that work is done and the Holy Spirit takes control as far as you yield. There is no binary of believing with a greater amount of power or not. Remember in Christian Theology its God who chooses you not the other way around and your belief is magnified by His power not your own. Man cannot save himself. Prayers your way Alex and Leila on your ROAD. And Thank you.
So true though you do always give it back to the middle. The land the car the house the moment might be yours or not but the earth keeps spinning
Good advice. But it’s also good to know what your limits are.
awesome talk !!!
Basic question to ask myself is why does it matter and what does it matter? It's really freeing.
I enjoy listening to his thoughts. He seems like an interesting individual to have a conversation with. I like how he articulated the importance of defining words. I hate hearing the word fair for that reason. What is fair to some people may not be fair to another. I look forward to more of your videos. Not that he cares about the comment. hahaha
So happy I watched this video. So enlightening
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was MEANINGLESS, a chasing after the wind; NOTHING was gained under the sun. Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. - Solomon
Life under the sun is such..
Thank you, Alex.
Alex is amazing! You just can't help but love the guy!
Yo.. I think the 15 year old girl in your example would still have had trauma even back then Alex.. 😂
Thanks for sharing !
Awareness and freewill. Alex comes from the mountain top all is possible!
I really enjoyed this video Alex as a born again Christian & going through life you have a humble great beliefs that matter in life to you very thankful
I disagree with certain aspects of what Alex says, but his openness is what makes him such a compelling thinker and speaker. He admits that even some of his statements are beliefs statements. Amazing self awareness and you can tell he thinks deeply before ever uttering a word
I’ve been having some similar thoughts but this was so well articulated, epic 😎
Fucking powerful. Biologically this is similar to Epi genetics & the perception of stimuli being more impactful than the stimuli itself.
This is good. We give meanings to what mean to us.
Alex, I like to think that I'm a smart guy. I'm not even a shadow compared to you. You blow my mind. You keep rewriting how I THINK! Not just give me food for thought, but physically changing how I think. I'm in shock, again. Thank you for sharing, always share. Please
I would be curious to know if Alex has ever heard of Thomistic thought or of Edward Feser. My discovery of Thomistic thought and the theory of natural law it defends took me in a very different intellectual direction than Alex's.
So the only part I'm not sure on is the part about trauma not effecting us if we don't choose to make it mean that.
Our subconscious is a meaning making machine and sometimes we as kids make meaning out of things and that causes beliefs we are not aware of..
Their are people who have had "terrible " things happen to them when they are kids and they have no memories for several years.
This subconsciously runs the show with out us knowing.
I agree it's our responsibility to become aware of these things and until you realize this is even a thing you can't do the work..