How to Gain Goodwill From an Audience

Summary

• Always strive to make and keep promises to build trust and be seen as reliable.
• Being predictable in a positive way enhances your reputation; people start to believe in what you say and the value you offer.
• Focus on building goodwill consistently over time, which can later enable you to achieve impressive results.
• Apply the principles you teach to set real-world records, demonstrating to others that your strategies are effective and worth trusting.

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How To Take Action

I would suggest starting with making small promises you know you can keep. This builds trust, and people like trusting reliable folks. It's easy and doesn't cost a penny. Just do what you say you're going to do, every time.

To be seen as reliable and predictable in a good way, think about what you're good at and keep delivering that over and over. If you're awesome at making quick, delicious meals, keep doing that and let people know. If you're good at fixing things, be the go-to person for that. It's about showing your value consistently.

A good way of creating long-term success is to build goodwill with people. It's not a one-day job but think about how you can help out or give back to people around you every day. Can you give a friend a ride? Share your notes with a classmate? Each small kindness adds up and doesn't have to take much time or cost any money.

Lastly, use what you teach in your everyday life. If you're telling friends about a new way to study that helps you remember better, do it yourself and show off your good grades. If you have a strategy for saving money, use it and then share how much you saved. It helps everyone believe in your methods because they can see it really works. Remember, actions always speak louder than words, so let your actions shout about how great your ideas are!

Quotes by Alex Hormozi

"I try to make many promises and keep all of them"

– Alex Hormozi

"The more times you can make promises and keep promises the higher the likelihood people will ascribe to you for being somebody who is predictable"

– Alex Hormozi

"If he said this will happen, this is what's going to happen"

– Alex Hormozi

"If he said it's going to be worth it, it's going to be worth it"

– Alex Hormozi

"Trying to actively build up the Goodwill so that we could set records and do something really cool"

– Alex Hormozi

Full Transcript

I'll tell you a secret I try to make many promises and keep all of them and the more times you can make promises and keep promises the higher the likelihood people will ascribe to you for being somebody who is predictable in a good way if he said this will happen this is what's going to happen if he said it's going to be worth it it's going to be worth it and so that was woven in for the 24 months from the time I released offers to the time we did leads was trying to actively build up the Goodwill so that we could set records and do something really cool and demonstrate the concepts in the book in the real world so that people could know that it would work for them too