Alex is hands down the realist , down to earth, genuine person that is providing unfiltered solid information to people with the sole intention to simply help those who wish to absorb and apply any of the various tools, methods, tactics , plans etc to enhance ones life in a multitude of ways . Words can not describe how kind he truly is to give as he does to us all . Thank you Alex and you are appreciated tremendously as you are an amazing spirit indeed!
Dude i lived that exact moment before i quit my well paying job and high rise apartment.. You can have everything you have craved but still feel empty and unfulfilled. So grateful to have learnt this lesson at this stage. So relatable.
Holy shit. This is exactly where I’m at right now, where you were. I’ve woken up. I got fired today and I’ve been working on these side projects. Now, I’m going all in. I feel free. Thank you so much Alex. Thank you for choosing life. Your book has helped me a lot too! You’re the GOAT
I relate to so much of this. I left a well paying corporate job after feeling like I didn’t want to live anymore. I took all of my savings and in the space of 4 months build a med spa with goals of creating an accessible franchise system. I’m not doing this for money. I’m not even doing it for freedom. I’m doing it for who I will need to become to pull this off. I felt suicidal because I knew I had so much more to offer, and that if I didn’t propel myself to a position that would command me to become my fullest self that none of this is even worth it. We’re all going to die anyways. Let’s live while we’re here.
YESS I'm so happy for you. I'm currently in my last year of college doing a degree (premed, not sure if I still wanna do med). And honestly, I am waiting to graduate, work and start my venture into business. I know nothing about business, but I am going to try everything until I find the one, no matter how many failures I face.
The level of inadequacy I feel listening to Alex is always tempered by the knowledge and insights, and thus confidence I gain from absorbing his content. Thx bro 👊🙌
This hit hard. I was in a top medical school, had a nice apartment considering my situation, massive group of friends who were also doing well in life, and always had great women available to me. I was miserable. I ended up being diagnosed with severe depression. Ended up flunking out 3rd year because I didn't have it in me to put in the work required for medical school. It just wasn't for me and it was eating me up inside. I would look at older doctors and would be miserable thinking "is that really how I'm going to be in 20 years?" Anyway, I lost everything. I mean everything. It took years to beat my depression and now I'm on the path of actually chasing what I always wanted in life and not going after the safe option like I was. I feel a fire in me I've never felt before and you're helping me out tremendously. Honestly can't thank you enough.
@@MrBUGS713 that’s the goal. I plan on going into software and electronics, I have a few ideas I cannot not purse. Since I’ve spent my entire education pursuing medicine I don’t have the skill set required to pursue my current goals so I am studying my ass off everyday to attain them. I literally wake up at 4am and study programming for a minimum of 10hrs a day. I will do the same for electronics and math. Once I have learned enough I will get a programming job because I need the money, plus the experience. Once I have the required skill set, I will start on my business plans as a side hustle and grow it from there. There is no way I would have the time to gain the knowledge needed to pursue my dreams if I was still in medicine so I’m glad I’m out of that field.
I can appreciate your courage, I quit a low paying job that I was "comfortable" in and saw myself getting lazy and complacent. I chased after a higher paying job only to find out the hard way I didn't fit in with "the good 'ol boys" and their alcoholic escapades. Gave it my due dilligence but was let go for literally no reason, ( at will employment state ). I started a small glass repair business and headlight restoration service and made some money but advertising is challenging and have started to stagnate. I won't give up though, my vision is to scale it up to a full fledged franchise and garner a significant portion of the market I serve.
Alex you're literally one of my idols, incredibly well articulated & fucking filthy rich. Stud combo. Thank you so much for dispensing this free gold dust!
Man, I'm so glad I randomly bought your book on Kindle. I passed over it like 30 times in my "Recommended Reading" because I thought it would be another sleazy sales book that would have little to no value and just be a marketing campaign for some product/service. I only got it because it was so cheap and had surprisingly good reviews. The value of your book and this channel is priceless. Thanks for what you're doing.
I am going through this right now. Feels good to learn your story cause it gave me reassurance that as long as I continue pushing forward and acquiring new skills especially applying this info then I can reach the lifestyle level I desire
My 2 cents. You don't have to make more money as an entrepreneur than your old occupation paid in order to be a success regardless if it is more stressful or not, and I would rather fail than never tried. Love it Alex keep it up. Also, an education is never wasted, academic or not, a person who sits still, still thinks based on their education.
Alex you told the truth on this issue. And here the thing man, there is NO SCHOOL FOR THIS. Now this authentic and a real channel. Thanks for the truth
This is where I am... Everyday knowing I can do more and do better. Thank you for sharing your story. It is amazing what you can accomplish when you have (give yourself) no choice.
Feeling this. Nothing like that pain barrier to go through, to keep pushing, when your financial expectations come crashing down in the first 3 months. Amazing with the same hours in a day what can be achieved by different people, not just money related. Everything is ultimately down to the individual and choices.
Getting paid to learn. Loved that. I see it that exact way. I'm 32 and I'm senior software engineer, but lack a lot of the other skills needed for business. So I'm trying to learn as much as I can from all the other roles, in my current job. Best place to learn. Love your videos! You are really real!
This is a great video. As someone who left a well-paying job to go start a business and have felt all of the turbulence, this is very refreshing. Thank you, Alex. Can't wait to watch more.
Wow. I had no idea how similar our story is. 22 I had 45k in savings, had a house, and would drive to work thinking about cutting the corner into the other lane. It took me a year to quit.ins you, I played a little more risky with it, and invested all and of my savings and then some into scaling a business that had created zero results, and that I honestly didn’t believe in. I’m in the middle of my Rocky Montage 2 year period where I make the best program in the world. I’m 25 now, and starting a biz has been rocky so far, mainly cause I was trying to be someone I’m not.
I'm a few months into my skincare business, but we all have reasons why we do what we do. I have an auto immune disease that makes my skin not heal, I found a gap in the Market and went all in on this. You won't make anything upfront unless you're trying to make a quick buck, just set up that long term success and work your way up the only ways you can think of till you gain the knowledge to break through.
I wish my parents taught me the mentality of working for someone to learn instead of chasing various educational paths. This advice is pure gold for for many of us, but the effectiveness is reduced because of our age - Teach your kids so they can stand on our shoulders.
I love that you said not everyone Needs to go into business themselves. It is true that not everyone needs to do that to be happier. Love it. Thanks for the advise for those that do want to open their own business.
The first 7 minutes of watching this video, I know immediately that you're not a fake guru like a lot of guys out there. The more I watch, I'm getting more sure you're legit. It's true that the stats are against you when you're starting a business. I'm 2 years in and the difficulty is not decreasing at all. Starting your own business can be the scariest gamble of your life. Living cheap is just one of many sacrifices.
Im very fortunate to have time to watch this video. Im 25 and have never fit into the gaps with other people. They live nonchalant and with little problems. I never had the mindset that they just make more. I understood very early that those people never risked anything so they never take losses. But they also never make monumental gains. I lost a lot and due to my own bad choices i was forced back to 0 many times. This time was different, somehow i managed to get it right.
Alex I’m really getting a lot out of your vids. Thanks. At 64 I’ve squandered a majority of my life. But waking up now I see it’s not too late to achieve some great things. You told the story of Russell spelling out that you’re working a level 2 biz with level 10 skills. Those words, level 10 skills, woke up something in me. Skills. Duh! Can you break that down for us, and give us a clear vision, the what and how to learn/create level 10 skills?
Arnold was my idol too, and the wisdom and information being shared on this channel is invaluable regardless of that tidbit, but the fact that you idolized Arnold makes me so happy and oddly actually makes me love this channel even more.
Depressing if you think about ending life like driving into another lane. I always remember the disadvantaged kids and those with illness. Makes me grateful.
This makes me feel good about not being an entrepreneur. We see this alot on your tube and you start to believe it, then this video brings it into reality. Instead I have double down on my coding skills...been studying after work everyday
Damn that Slavery reference was powerful. I have often thought about that from a slightly different perspective because I'm actually have ancestors that were slaves and thought nothing is as bad as what they had to endure at least in this moment and my job is to ensure that I keep it that way that's my mission. Thank you for sharing that that was really hair raising right there 💯
I started a business that grew to quick, I scaled back then joined partners in a transportation biz. Made no money and literally got paid 500 bucks the first 3 months. My first business was easy because it wasn't marketed by me it was a side hustle (turo). The second business was split by 3 owners including me. I'm watching this in one of my trucks 30 degrees outside in north Texas... determined. I know I'll get this company net positive and gross a good income. I love entrepreneurship, I've learned so much in the transportation and logistics. I'm learning sales on my own right now and cutting cost on insurance, equipment and fuel. The trucks I acquired my self through an arbitrage agreement I learned and used to get turo cars in my first business. Now adding a branch to the company in logistics, giving me another skill and low over hang compared to adding trucks. Sales is key in any business, learn how to sell! You can literally add products, affiliates, courses, services with sales. This dude is legit he has studied alot on business I can tell. I'm married to this... not for the cash, for the challenge of building my own empire. You can do it decide and promise not to give up and get to a place in your mind and body you must seek and conquer this entrepreneur game.
Well it is what it is, im at the same spot you were. Blew up my savings, i got all my gym equipment in my house, learning, trying to sell online, business... Did i mentioned that i flew back home to Colombia to chase my dreams... its a fun journey. 😂😂
I never make comment, but.....this time I couldn't help myself. Reason is, I've seen alot of guru's talk through self-help, finance etc for over 10years now, and what strikes me more than anything about you specifically Alex, it's how you come across as a very genuine and authentic bloke (Aussie slang for 'guy'). You can clearly see you want to help people, It comes across clearly.! SO thankyou for being so generous, your content is going to help a lot of people, I just wish I saw this 10years ago. Btw, on a lighter note, your Gun's are fcuk huge... gotta get me some of those puppies ;-)
Life vs death is what caused me to actually change. Sometimes it takes the worst, most unfair painful experiences and you have to choose life or death. You gotta fight through poverty, sickness, people that have privileges and a society that isn’t in your favour( my neurodivergent folks) Sounds dramatic but it’s exactly how it is. Choosing life has completely changed everything for me. No obstructions will cause me to quit anymore. It’s given me such a determination.
To the viewers: (Keep in mind that it can also take a decade or longer. It took 16 years of being in business before I figured out how to make my first $1m in sales of an actual product.) If I had mentors that knew what I know now because of the experience, I would have made many, many millions more! That's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes. You have great advice Alex. I hope we get to meet within the next year. Keep doing what you're doing.
I have always burned the boats so I had no retreat plan. If I didn’t I would not have gotten to where I am today. Not saying it’s anywhere special but it’s better than the alternative. By the way, thank you for sharing your videos!
I was incredibly lucky, says the highly intelligent, motivated man with an excellent work ethic who was willing to massively defer gratification in pursuit of his achievement!
Incredibly lucky to be born highly intelligent, nurtured by his environment to have a strong work ethic and realize the power of delayed gratification.
Something that always gives me some extra courage in this journey.. you can always go back to employment. You can always make money. Failure isn't final. So try it and keep trying until you are forced to go back to employment
The getting paid to learn is really wise. In 2011 I started my own busines and failed after 3yrs. I had some small successes, but it just wasn't going anywhere. Then I got a job offer from a client and I said, F it since I was burned out and took a job doing what I had failed to do on my own. It taught me so much about myself and how to properly do the business. What my weaknesses and strengths were. But if you get caught up to much in the entrepreneur success motivation cycle, you think that it's a loser mentality to get a job. After 5yrs I saved up, had learned a ton, made contacts and went into business for myself a 2nd time and this time was way more successful. If I had to do it over, I would have spared myself the 3 yrs of being a moron and looked for companies doing what I wanted to do, and gone in with a learning attitude. See what works, what doesn't how stuff is done. LEARN. Get my own ideas, try some ideas. Then when I was ready and had saved some cash, split.
This is a bit different for me because I was already making 6 figures in the U.K. working with multinationals by the age of 23. However, my dissatisfaction was that as a Christian I was not happy that I was making so much money while so many people around the world were living in poverty. So I quit my job and started a charitable enterprise. My motivations are 100% selfless.
You didn’t just get* lucky you relentlessly worked your ass off. My Grandfather always tells me “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” Love the content and momentum you have right now keep it flowing
This was me for so many years, had a good job, a nice house, and was «sucessful» in others eyes. But inside I was empty and I just did things to please others and the society standards. But not what I wanted. Im still not there but realizing it and actually doing things to change my state also has helped me feel more. Again super great content, do you do coaching calls? Would love to pick ur brain 😂
Same thing. Just quit corporate about 2 months ago after 2 years of planning. Gave up a promotion that'd be about $350k/year to do this and I'm so glad I did. But that's only possible because I had a plan. I wrote down where I wanted to be in 3 years. Then I reverse engineered a plan to get there. You can do it. Start by envisioning what success means to you and then figure out how much money you need to make that a reality. Then start cutting things out of your life that aren't helping you get there and go chase it with reckless abandon.
Alex! I can't thank you enough for taking your time to do this channel. As an entrepreneur, I would love it if you could share your advice on how to find a great mentor .
Being 4 years into my entrepreneurial journey and hearing Alex talk about the difficulties of it actually motivates me more. I didn’t start a side hustle, I quit my job having no clue what I would do to make money and 2 years later during lockdown I was drinking champagne in Monaco. It’s far from easy and I was in a similar position to Alex mentally. I could not see myself doing anything else BUT entrepreneurship. There’s times it sucks, in fact a lot of times. But what you get back? Self belief and betting in yourself. There’s no feeling like it. When you know you could lose it all and restart again, you carry a different type of confidence around.
Only thing I'd say is I went to school for economics and I started my own business during that time, it really helped with understanding how to price my product, having a unique product for demand inelasticity, but I never used anything like econometrics which is arguably supposed to be the most useful part of an econ degree
Always a huge thank you Alex. It is incredible that you can simultaneously inspire immense latent drive in your viewers and immense humility all at the same time. We all have so much further to go before we become the men and women we need to be for ourselves and for the world. All the best!
Hey Alex, I just came across your channel and I'm a growing fan. I like how honest and unfiltered you deliver your content, and how insightful and useful the information is. I've only watched a handful of your vids so far, but will for sure consume more. I've been at that place with not deliberately looking to end things, but being ok if they did. It's a dark place to be. I didn't get out until I changed how I viewed the world, what I said to my self and taking responsibility for all of it. I'm in the first stages of building something, but I'm sure our paths will cross one day. I'm looking forward to it. Keep up the great work.
You and Leilan are one of my favorite people right now. I needed to hear this today. Being an entrepreneur is excruciating some days. But it's rewarding at the same time because I love doing it.
ya, I have been acquiring Ecom and marketing skills on the side for 2 years. Trying out stuff on my own while I still have a job. Consciously incompetent until I'm not.
I used to do government contracting in the same general location, but a little further south and understand why you quit. I quit in 4 weeks, rather than two years though (very stressful and not being paid enough, being on call for no reason, mean boss, etc). I am definitely not as successful as you though. I was, however, able to automate my work down to around 2 hours per month, and I have more than enough, so that is good.
Being an entrepreneur is not easy guys but don't be discouraged. Here's good points. 1. Solve a problem and offer a better solution. So dont think of an idea. Think of a problem to solve. This is very important. 2. When you have a problem offer a solution that is differentiated either lower cost or better quality 3. If you don't have large reserves of money it will be hard to compete in mature markets. So target fast growing markets or find a way to offer a differentiated solution So live in the future and build something you really want and it solves a problem. And have mindset and visualization where you want to be do this daily. You have to read: Think and grow rich, and 7 habits of highly effective people.
Great advice. I was forced into it as well after open heart surgery. Glad I chose myself and this journey. On another note after 5 years getting to where Alex got is still fast. But it all depends on what your consider success. The journey and realizing what your capable of is the success. Giving yourself the purpose every day and to continue to reinvest in yourself. You got to do this for yourself never, ever, ever do this for status. You will find yourself very unhappy. Love the transparency and the way Alex tells a story and it's perfectly painted to match almost anyone's attributes, character and life. That to me is his success.
I remember when I started business... I figured I'd be a gajillionaire by age 25.... I'm now turning 35 - eating noodles for dinner. Made a lot of mistakes. But its my own fault, and I've learned from my mistakes - I'm not starting from scratch - coz I have my years of personal experience and skills to work with.... so I could go from $0 to $1mil/month REAL QUICK. ;) Thanks for all the content Alex.
Thank you for this Alex. Absolutely love your content. Quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur was one of the best (and hardest ) decisions I ever made
When your unemployed like i am there is not much risk involved. 49k sounds okay for me and they don't have my business plan. I knew i wanted my own business sense i was a kid so not doing it would make me regred not doing it and not believe in my self. It may fail but i am not going down without a fight. I have also set it up so the upside is big and the risk is low. Weather it will sell is another story.
hello i'm a student, where i live school is free so their is no problem with that my problem is that i like my studies but i don't know if it's going the thing that i want to do, i started learning copywriting and i like it a lot, i live in thirdwrold country so it's quiet hard to live as i've seen, most of really successfull people are leaving everything just for the buisness without knowing anything, now i don't really want to do that because i just have 2.5 years left to finish my degree and i don't want to quit now so i'll try to be inchallah the buisness owner that built his wealth while still having a traditional process the no choice mindset is really powerfull, you can make a humain beat a grizelly if he has no other choice but that, it's super valuable in the humain nature and i'll try to build this mindset, make it seem like you have no other choice
Saddest thing is people opetaing in their bubbles and after buying a condo still dont see the true meaning of life which is helping others. Thats when you become rich.
Thank you. Now I know what to look for in terms of some courses. Been trying to find a video on what courses to take any and all and now importantly learn from who but the "what you have to do to be a successful entrepreneur" segment, write all that down to narrow down my search results. Thank you for your videos. So grateful for them
Wow Mr. Alex, ..so deep and never would have thought you to be struggling with the mind freak at such a young age. Glad you worked your way thru to the other side...
You first said you listened to Arnold for inspiration then you said if you need motivational quote being an entrepreneur isn’t for you. I shouldn’t even post this cause it doesn’t matter but wanted to point out that it doesn’t mean it’s not for you. Seems like it helped you in that time in your life. 👍
If you need motivational quotes, entrepeneurship is not for you. You need tons of skills, you need to know how to do everything that happens in a business. Manage your expectations, you might not make a lot at the start. You might make more at a high paying job. Start your business as a side hustle.
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This is my favorite UA-cam channel now !!!!
✊🏽✊🏽 Appreciated. Trying my best
Alex you’re starting to attract big names like Brandon with your content bro keep it up 💪🏾
Same.. I don’t understand how he only has 10k subscribers 🧐
Same here
Know I’m in good company. Shoutout to the og!! And second this channel!
Alex is hands down the realist , down to earth, genuine person that is providing unfiltered solid information to people with the sole intention to simply help those who wish to absorb and apply any of the various tools, methods, tactics , plans etc to enhance ones life in a multitude of ways . Words can not describe how kind he truly is to give as he does to us all . Thank you Alex and you are appreciated tremendously as you are an amazing spirit indeed!
Agreed
Agreed
Most underrated business channel on UA-cam frfr 😤
Thank you Bryan - Appreciate that.
At least He still replies to you, lets keep this secret low key
Couldn’t agree more, I don’t understand. Does UA-cam pump it out more when you monetize?
Awesome content as usual Alex!
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Dude i lived that exact moment before i quit my well paying job and high rise apartment.. You can have everything you have craved but still feel empty and unfulfilled. So grateful to have learnt this lesson at this stage. So relatable.
Holy shit. This is exactly where I’m at right now, where you were. I’ve woken up. I got fired today and I’ve been working on these side projects. Now, I’m going all in. I feel free. Thank you so much Alex. Thank you for choosing life. Your book has helped me a lot too! You’re the GOAT
Hows it going?
keep going bro
Thanks guys. It’s still a work in progress like anything in life. I keep moving forward!
I relate to so much of this. I left a well paying corporate job after feeling like I didn’t want to live anymore. I took all of my savings and in the space of 4 months build a med spa with goals of creating an accessible franchise system. I’m not doing this for money. I’m not even doing it for freedom. I’m doing it for who I will need to become to pull this off. I felt suicidal because I knew I had so much more to offer, and that if I didn’t propel myself to a position that would command me to become my fullest self that none of this is even worth it. We’re all going to die anyways. Let’s live while we’re here.
YESS I'm so happy for you. I'm currently in my last year of college doing a degree (premed, not sure if I still wanna do med). And honestly, I am waiting to graduate, work and start my venture into business. I know nothing about business, but I am going to try everything until I find the one, no matter how many failures I face.
This is exactly how I feel, glad to see it in writing, thank you
Thats exactly what I feel as well…im gonna take the jump soon
How’ve things been going?
That's some David Goggins shit. Stay hard. Much respect.
The level of inadequacy I feel listening to Alex is always tempered by the knowledge and insights, and thus confidence I gain from absorbing his content. Thx bro 👊🙌
Most appreciated. Just doing my best to share the stuff that's worked for us.
You def summed up what I've been trying to describe/understand to myself. Good words.
Can you give us advice on how to learn ?
@@AlexHormozi "I had $50,000 in my savings account, and it was so hard to quit my job." Lmao 🤣
Raised by a single immigrant father. Every single person I've seen raised this way has an uncanny drive to succeed.
This guy was born to be a winner.
Everyone in their 20's needs to hear this...Love your honesty and transparency!
I totally agree. You speak from your heart. Very transparent. Thank you!!
My MBA definitely did NOT teach this! Had to learn it the hard way
"Most people are broke and I'm going make sure you're not one of them"
That’s the goal
This hit hard. I was in a top medical school, had a nice apartment considering my situation, massive group of friends who were also doing well in life, and always had great women available to me. I was miserable. I ended up being diagnosed with severe depression. Ended up flunking out 3rd year because I didn't have it in me to put in the work required for medical school. It just wasn't for me and it was eating me up inside. I would look at older doctors and would be miserable thinking "is that really how I'm going to be in 20 years?" Anyway, I lost everything. I mean everything. It took years to beat my depression and now I'm on the path of actually chasing what I always wanted in life and not going after the safe option like I was. I feel a fire in me I've never felt before and you're helping me out tremendously. Honestly can't thank you enough.
Are you starting a business?
@@MrBUGS713 that’s the goal. I plan on going into software and electronics, I have a few ideas I cannot not purse. Since I’ve spent my entire education pursuing medicine I don’t have the skill set required to pursue my current goals so I am studying my ass off everyday to attain them. I literally wake up at 4am and study programming for a minimum of 10hrs a day. I will do the same for electronics and math. Once I have learned enough I will get a programming job because I need the money, plus the experience. Once I have the required skill set, I will start on my business plans as a side hustle and grow it from there. There is no way I would have the time to gain the knowledge needed to pursue my dreams if I was still in medicine so I’m glad I’m out of that field.
@@bear532 Rooting for you! I hope all is going well and you never stop chasing your dreams.
I can appreciate your courage, I quit a low paying job that I was "comfortable" in and saw myself getting lazy and complacent. I chased after a higher paying job only to find out the hard way I didn't fit in with "the good 'ol boys" and their alcoholic escapades. Gave it my due dilligence but was let go for literally no reason, ( at will employment state ). I started a small glass repair business and headlight restoration service and made some money but advertising is challenging and have started to stagnate. I won't give up though, my vision is to scale it up to a full fledged franchise and garner a significant portion of the market I serve.
How is it going now?
Alex you're literally one of my idols, incredibly well articulated & fucking filthy rich. Stud combo. Thank you so much for dispensing this free gold dust!
Appreciate that Martin. Doing the best I can to provide the lessons I’ve learned while running my businesses.
@@AlexHormozi I was wrong to say you're word for word using navals thing , your quite smart.
Man, I'm so glad I randomly bought your book on Kindle. I passed over it like 30 times in my "Recommended Reading" because I thought it would be another sleazy sales book that would have little to no value and just be a marketing campaign for some product/service. I only got it because it was so cheap and had surprisingly good reviews. The value of your book and this channel is priceless. Thanks for what you're doing.
What book was it?
Wow! So true! When you are stuck in a black hole and no one is coming to rescue you, you will do what it takes to free yourself.
I am going through this right now. Feels good to learn your story cause it gave me reassurance that as long as I continue pushing forward and acquiring new skills especially applying this info then I can reach the lifestyle level I desire
Keep on it David. ✊🏽✊🏽
My 2 cents. You don't have to make more money as an entrepreneur than your old occupation paid in order to be a success regardless if it is more stressful or not, and I would rather fail than never tried. Love it Alex keep it up. Also, an education is never wasted, academic or not, a person who sits still, still thinks based on their education.
Alex you told the truth on this issue. And here the thing man, there is NO SCHOOL FOR THIS. Now this authentic and a real channel. Thanks for the truth
University of Hormozi. Life changing capable advice on this channel. One of the best parts of my entire day.
Amen brother! I definitely did not learn this during my MBA 🤷🏻♀️
This is where I am... Everyday knowing I can do more and do better. Thank you for sharing your story. It is amazing what you can accomplish when you have (give yourself) no choice.
Feeling this. Nothing like that pain barrier to go through, to keep pushing, when your financial expectations come crashing down in the first 3 months. Amazing with the same hours in a day what can be achieved by different people, not just money related. Everything is ultimately down to the individual and choices.
Getting paid to learn. Loved that. I see it that exact way. I'm 32 and I'm senior software engineer, but lack a lot of the other skills needed for business. So I'm trying to learn as much as I can from all the other roles, in my current job. Best place to learn.
Love your videos! You are really real!
This is a great video. As someone who left a well-paying job to go start a business and have felt all of the turbulence, this is very refreshing. Thank you, Alex. Can't wait to watch more.
Wow. I had no idea how similar our story is. 22 I had 45k in savings, had a house, and would drive to work thinking about cutting the corner into the other lane. It took me a year to quit.ins you, I played a little more risky with it, and invested all and of my savings and then some into scaling a business that had created zero results, and that I honestly didn’t believe in. I’m in the middle of my Rocky Montage 2 year period where I make the best program in the world. I’m 25 now, and starting a biz has been rocky so far, mainly cause I was trying to be someone I’m not.
All part of the ride
I'm a few months into my skincare business, but we all have reasons why we do what we do. I have an auto immune disease that makes my skin not heal, I found a gap in the Market and went all in on this. You won't make anything upfront unless you're trying to make a quick buck, just set up that long term success and work your way up the only ways you can think of till you gain the knowledge to break through.
For you out there working hard, if no one has told you you’re doing a good job. Keep Going!!!
This is the best business content on UA-cam .. geez how do you not have millions of subs
I wish my parents taught me the mentality of working for someone to learn instead of chasing various educational paths.
This advice is pure gold for for many of us, but the effectiveness is reduced because of our age - Teach your kids so they can stand on our shoulders.
I love that you said not everyone Needs to go into business themselves. It is true that not everyone needs to do that to be happier. Love it. Thanks for the advise for those that do want to open their own business.
The first 7 minutes of watching this video, I know immediately that you're not a fake guru like a lot of guys out there. The more I watch, I'm getting more sure you're legit. It's true that the stats are against you when you're starting a business. I'm 2 years in and the difficulty is not decreasing at all. Starting your own business can be the scariest gamble of your life. Living cheap is just one of many sacrifices.
Im very fortunate to have time to watch this video. Im 25 and have never fit into the gaps with other people. They live nonchalant and with little problems. I never had the mindset that they just make more. I understood very early that those people never risked anything so they never take losses. But they also never make monumental gains. I lost a lot and due to my own bad choices i was forced back to 0 many times. This time was different, somehow i managed to get it right.
Alex I’m really getting a lot out of your vids. Thanks. At 64 I’ve squandered a majority of my life. But waking up now I see it’s not too late to achieve some great things. You told the story of Russell spelling out that you’re working a level 2 biz with level 10 skills. Those words, level 10 skills, woke up something in me. Skills. Duh! Can you break that down for us, and give us a clear vision, the what and how to learn/create level 10 skills?
Wow! I am almost 40 and thinking I am late to the party
@kotenoklelu3471 I completely changed my life after 40. Almost 180°. Not too late!
Arnold was my idol too, and the wisdom and information being shared on this channel is invaluable regardless of that tidbit, but the fact that you idolized Arnold makes me so happy and oddly actually makes me love this channel even more.
Depressing if you think about ending life like driving into another lane. I always remember the disadvantaged kids and those with illness. Makes me grateful.
This makes me feel good about not being an entrepreneur. We see this alot on your tube and you start to believe it, then this video brings it into reality. Instead I have double down on my coding skills...been studying after work everyday
Damn that Slavery reference was powerful. I have often thought about that from a slightly different perspective because I'm actually have ancestors that were slaves and thought nothing is as bad as what they had to endure at least in this moment and my job is to ensure that I keep it that way that's my mission. Thank you for sharing that that was really hair raising right there 💯
Channels like this that give pure value are so rare. Your stories are so valuable. Thank you. 🙏🙏🔥
Ty Nathan
I started a business that grew to quick, I scaled back then joined partners in a transportation biz. Made no money and literally got paid 500 bucks the first 3 months. My first business was easy because it wasn't marketed by me it was a side hustle (turo). The second business was split by 3 owners including me. I'm watching this in one of my trucks 30 degrees outside in north Texas... determined. I know I'll get this company net positive and gross a good income. I love entrepreneurship, I've learned so much in the transportation and logistics. I'm learning sales on my own right now and cutting cost on insurance, equipment and fuel. The trucks I acquired my self through an arbitrage agreement I learned and used to get turo cars in my first business. Now adding a branch to the company in logistics, giving me another skill and low over hang compared to adding trucks. Sales is key in any business, learn how to sell! You can literally add products, affiliates, courses, services with sales. This dude is legit he has studied alot on business I can tell. I'm married to this... not for the cash, for the challenge of building my own empire. You can do it decide and promise not to give up and get to a place in your mind and body you must seek and conquer this entrepreneur game.
Out of everyone I watch, you're the most genuine. Really appreciate your content brother!
Well it is what it is, im at the same spot you were. Blew up my savings, i got all my gym equipment in my house, learning, trying to sell online, business... Did i mentioned that i flew back home to Colombia to chase my dreams... its a fun journey. 😂😂
I never make comment, but.....this time I couldn't help myself. Reason is, I've seen alot of guru's talk through self-help, finance etc for over 10years now, and what strikes me more than anything about you specifically Alex, it's how you come across as a very genuine and authentic bloke (Aussie slang for 'guy'). You can clearly see you want to help people, It comes across clearly.! SO thankyou for being so generous, your content is going to help a lot of people, I just wish I saw this 10years ago. Btw, on a lighter note, your Gun's are fcuk huge... gotta get me some of those puppies ;-)
The stache game is STRONG
Coming in hot
You have to acquire sooo many skills to run a business. Fact brotha. Preach it. Soooo true. No one really talks about that part.
Entrepreneurship is lonely as Fuck man. Man you're like a legend dude. Please never stop making these videos
Life vs death is what caused me to actually change. Sometimes it takes the worst, most unfair painful experiences and you have to choose life or death. You gotta fight through poverty, sickness, people that have privileges and a society that isn’t in your favour( my neurodivergent folks) Sounds dramatic but it’s exactly how it is. Choosing life has completely changed everything for me. No obstructions will cause me to quit anymore. It’s given me such a determination.
I first I thought his advice was to 'burn the boats' but I realized that's like option number 5. I love how transparent Alex is.
To the viewers: (Keep in mind that it can also take a decade or longer. It took 16 years of being in business before I figured out how to make my first $1m in sales of an actual product.) If I had mentors that knew what I know now because of the experience, I would have made many, many millions more! That's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes.
You have great advice Alex. I hope we get to meet within the next year. Keep doing what you're doing.
wow this hit home... not wanting to lose the status for fear of being seen as nothing while building a business from zero...
Been there
Everyone starts at zero
I have always burned the boats so I had no retreat plan. If I didn’t I would not have gotten to where I am today. Not saying it’s anywhere special but it’s better than the alternative.
By the way, thank you for sharing your videos!
I don’t know how this channel got past me for a whole year! I’m here now! Love your stuff.
I was incredibly lucky, says the highly intelligent, motivated man with an excellent work ethic who was willing to massively defer gratification in pursuit of his achievement!
Incredibly lucky to be born highly intelligent, nurtured by his environment to have a strong work ethic and realize the power of delayed gratification.
Something that always gives me some extra courage in this journey.. you can always go back to employment. You can always make money. Failure isn't final. So try it and keep trying until you are forced to go back to employment
The coolest guy on earth ! Mentor... motivator.... Just a true G !
The getting paid to learn is really wise. In 2011 I started my own busines and failed after 3yrs. I had some small successes, but it just wasn't going anywhere. Then I got a job offer from a client and I said, F it since I was burned out and took a job doing what I had failed to do on my own. It taught me so much about myself and how to properly do the business. What my weaknesses and strengths were. But if you get caught up to much in the entrepreneur success motivation cycle, you think that it's a loser mentality to get a job. After 5yrs I saved up, had learned a ton, made contacts and went into business for myself a 2nd time and this time was way more successful.
If I had to do it over, I would have spared myself the 3 yrs of being a moron and looked for companies doing what I wanted to do, and gone in with a learning attitude. See what works, what doesn't how stuff is done. LEARN. Get my own ideas, try some ideas. Then when I was ready and had saved some cash, split.
10/10 advice. Implementing learning on someone's dollar every day.
I’m a week clean. I’m quitting and starting my business. Real shit
This is literally my #1 channel period
Thank you for sharing this. Had the exact same feelings that propelled me to quit that life, instead of quitting my life.
This is a bit different for me because I was already making 6 figures in the U.K. working with multinationals by the age of 23.
However, my dissatisfaction was that as a Christian I was not happy that I was making so much money while so many people around the world were living in poverty.
So I quit my job and started a charitable enterprise.
My motivations are 100% selfless.
You didn’t just get* lucky you relentlessly worked your ass off. My Grandfather always tells me “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
Love the content and momentum you have right now keep it flowing
This was me for so many years, had a good job, a nice house, and was «sucessful» in others eyes. But inside I was empty and I just did things to please others and the society standards. But not what I wanted. Im still not there but realizing it and actually doing things to change my state also has helped me feel more. Again super great content,
do you do coaching calls? Would love to pick ur brain 😂
Same thing. Just quit corporate about 2 months ago after 2 years of planning. Gave up a promotion that'd be about $350k/year to do this and I'm so glad I did. But that's only possible because I had a plan. I wrote down where I wanted to be in 3 years. Then I reverse engineered a plan to get there. You can do it. Start by envisioning what success means to you and then figure out how much money you need to make that a reality. Then start cutting things out of your life that aren't helping you get there and go chase it with reckless abandon.
Alex! I can't thank you enough for taking your time to do this channel. As an entrepreneur, I would love it if you could share your advice on how to find a great mentor .
Omg this!!
Being 4 years into my entrepreneurial journey and hearing Alex talk about the difficulties of it actually motivates me more.
I didn’t start a side hustle, I quit my job having no clue what I would do to make money and 2 years later during lockdown I was drinking champagne in Monaco.
It’s far from easy and I was in a similar position to Alex mentally. I could not see myself doing anything else BUT entrepreneurship. There’s times it sucks, in fact a lot of times.
But what you get back? Self belief and betting in yourself. There’s no feeling like it. When you know you could lose it all and restart again, you carry a different type of confidence around.
Such a real guy giving solid, no bullshit content. Thanks Alex
Only thing I'd say is I went to school for economics and I started my own business during that time, it really helped with understanding how to price my product, having a unique product for demand inelasticity, but I never used anything like econometrics which is arguably supposed to be the most useful part of an econ degree
Always a huge thank you Alex. It is incredible that you can simultaneously inspire immense latent drive in your viewers and immense humility all at the same time. We all have so much further to go before we become the men and women we need to be for ourselves and for the world. All the best!
the advice @5:15 is gold 👌🏼
Hey Alex, I just came across your channel and I'm a growing fan. I like how honest and unfiltered you deliver your content, and how insightful and useful the information is. I've only watched a handful of your vids so far, but will for sure consume more.
I've been at that place with not deliberately looking to end things, but being ok if they did. It's a dark place to be. I didn't get out until I changed how I viewed the world, what I said to my self and taking responsibility for all of it.
I'm in the first stages of building something, but I'm sure our paths will cross one day. I'm looking forward to it. Keep up the great work.
I relate to his story so much.
You and Leilan are one of my favorite people right now. I needed to hear this today. Being an entrepreneur is excruciating some days. But it's rewarding at the same time because I love doing it.
ya, I have been acquiring Ecom and marketing skills on the side for 2 years. Trying out stuff on my own while I still have a job. Consciously incompetent until I'm not.
Thank you Alex!
I used to do government contracting in the same general location, but a little further south and understand why you quit. I quit in 4 weeks, rather than two years though (very stressful and not being paid enough, being on call for no reason, mean boss, etc). I am definitely not as successful as you though. I was, however, able to automate my work down to around 2 hours per month, and I have more than enough, so that is good.
That’s great. Now there’s time for other stuff
@@AlexHormozi yep. I am growing my own food and all that, but am running out of things to do
This is the best video on the reality of making the jump. Thanks man.
Alex, thanks to your advice I'm going to be one of your successors. I've quit my job with a much clearer plan than you had to. Thank you
Being an entrepreneur is not easy guys but don't be discouraged. Here's good points.
1. Solve a problem and offer a better solution. So dont think of an idea. Think of a problem to solve. This is very important.
2. When you have a problem offer a solution that is differentiated either lower cost or better quality
3. If you don't have large reserves of money it will be hard to compete in mature markets. So target fast growing markets or find a way to offer a differentiated solution
So live in the future and build something you really want and it solves a problem.
And have mindset and visualization where you want to be do this daily. You have to read: Think and grow rich, and 7 habits of highly effective people.
Great advice. I was forced into it as well after open heart surgery. Glad I chose myself and this journey.
On another note after 5 years getting to where Alex got is still fast. But it all depends on what your consider success. The journey and realizing what your capable of is the success. Giving yourself the purpose every day and to continue to reinvest in yourself.
You got to do this for yourself never, ever, ever do this for status. You will find yourself very unhappy.
Love the transparency and the way Alex tells a story and it's perfectly painted to match almost anyone's attributes, character and life. That to me is his success.
Just pure honesty, so much luck involved for me as well and I still haven’t quit my main job
Love it. Telling it like it is! The struggle is real but god I love it!
One of the Most valuable videos in starting a business I have ever seen... If not THE most valuable. Thank You @alex
I remember when I started business... I figured I'd be a gajillionaire by age 25.... I'm now turning 35 - eating noodles for dinner. Made a lot of mistakes. But its my own fault, and I've learned from my mistakes - I'm not starting from scratch - coz I have my years of personal experience and skills to work with.... so I could go from $0 to $1mil/month REAL QUICK. ;) Thanks for all the content Alex.
Just so you know - my schedule for today is to watch as many of your videos as I can and madly take notes. That was my schedule for yesterday too.
Thank you for this Alex. Absolutely love your content. Quitting my job and becoming an entrepreneur was one of the best (and hardest ) decisions I ever made
Please share some insights...
When your unemployed like i am there is not much risk involved. 49k sounds okay for me and they don't have my business plan. I knew i wanted my own business sense i was a kid so not doing it would make me regred not doing it and not believe in my self. It may fail but i am not going down without a fight. I have also set it up so the upside is big and the risk is low. Weather it will sell is another story.
hello i'm a student, where i live school is free so their is no problem with that
my problem is that i like my studies but i don't know if it's going the thing that i want to do, i started learning copywriting and i like it a lot, i live in thirdwrold country so it's quiet hard to live
as i've seen, most of really successfull people are leaving everything just for the buisness without knowing anything, now i don't really want to do that because i just have 2.5 years left to finish my degree and i don't want to quit now so i'll try to be inchallah the buisness owner that built his wealth while still having a traditional process
the no choice mindset is really powerfull, you can make a humain beat a grizelly if he has no other choice but that, it's super valuable in the humain nature and i'll try to build this mindset, make it seem like you have no other choice
This guy is the sum of all great men before all of us. Thank you for the philosophy
You speak the real -- you speak what works. Alex, Thanks for the share. Cheers!
Thanks for being my fan, no one belives in me but I know I can do it.
Alex, your candidacy and character are inspiring.
Saddest thing is people opetaing in their bubbles and after buying a condo still dont see the true meaning of life which is helping others. Thats when you become rich.
Thank you. Now I know what to look for in terms of some courses. Been trying to find a video on what courses to take any and all and now importantly learn from who but the "what you have to do to be a successful entrepreneur" segment, write all that down to narrow down my search results. Thank you for your videos. So grateful for them
This is the 5th video of yours I've seen over a couple days. Good stuff. This one made me sub.
Entrepreneurial at heart but it just revealed itself through the paradigm shift of wanting something meaningful.
-discovered
There's so much value in this channel, the best way to pay you is with a subscribe and like on every channel.
I’m your biggest fan, lol! My head is double watching and taking notes. You are my inspiration!
I'm so interested in your youth. When I was 22 I was skateboarding around Hollywood Blvd. and I didn't even know the word "mortgage."
Wow Mr. Alex, ..so deep and never would have thought you to be struggling with the mind freak at such a young age. Glad you worked your way thru to the other side...
This is my favorite video of all time.
thank you sir !!
ouuuuf 9:04 "Entrepreneurship is the ultimate value investment in YOURSELF."
You first said you listened to Arnold for inspiration then you said if you need motivational quote being an entrepreneur isn’t for you. I shouldn’t even post this cause it doesn’t matter but wanted to point out that it doesn’t mean it’s not for you. Seems like it helped you in that time in your life. 👍
If you need motivational quotes, entrepeneurship is not for you.
You need tons of skills, you need to know how to do everything that happens in a business.
Manage your expectations, you might not make a lot at the start. You might make more at a high paying job.
Start your business as a side hustle.