The Most Broken Person Will Always Win
Summary
- Understand that to optimize for outcomes, the person with the strongest desire and greatest fear, coupled with robust impulse control, will often come out ahead.
- Recognize that impulse control is beneficial, but an excessive desire for achievement or being driven by fear can have negative aspects.
- Always ask yourself, "What problem am I solving?" because the answer dictates your course of action.
- If your goal is to find contentment, the approach is much different than if you're chasing the title of the richest person in the world.
- Be aware that aiming to become extremely wealthy may require a certain level of superiority complex, crippling insecurity, and significant impulse control, along with patience.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest starting by figuring out what your big goal is. Ask yourself, "What problem am I solving?" This will help you know what to focus on. If you want to be really happy and content, you don't need to work as hard as if you want to be super rich. But if you do want to aim high, like being the richest person, you'll need to be very patient and control your wants really well.
It's important to have good impulse control. That means not doing things just because you feel like it, but thinking first if it helps you reach your goal. But don't get too caught up in always wanting more or being scared of failing. That's not healthy.
Here's a way to put all of this into action:
- Write down your big goal. Know exactly what you want.
- Make a list of things that you do because you want them now, not because they help your goal.
- Practice waiting a bit before you do something you want. This builds impulse control.
- Remember that it's okay to not be the best or the richest. It's more important to be happy with what you have.
These steps won't cost a lot of time or money, but they can make a big difference. Focus on what you really need to do, step by step, to reach your own success. And don't forget, being content is a goal that's just as good as any other.
Quotes by Alex Hormozi
"if we're optimizing for outcomes then the most broken person will win"
– Alex Hormozi
"the person who has the absolute biggest desire for achievement"
– Alex Hormozi
"the absolute biggest fear or pain that they're running away from"
– Alex Hormozi
"the hardest impulse control"
– Alex Hormozi
"what problem are we solving is probably the number one most frequently Asked question"
– Alex Hormozi
Full Transcript
if we're optimizing for outcomes then the most broken person will win the person who has the absolute biggest desire for achievement the absolute biggest fear or pain that they're running away from and the hardest impulse control now impulse control most people would agree is a good thing the other two not as much and so what are we optimizing for what problem are we solving it's probably the number one most frequently Asked question that I ask to our portfolio companies whenever we're about to do anything which is what problem are we solving if the problem that we're solving is that I want to be content well there's a lot of ways to do that and you don't need to do all these other things if the problem you're solving is that you want to be the richest man in the world well you're going to have to have a lot of superiority complex you're going have a lot of crippling insecurity and you're going to have a lot of impulse control and you're going have to wait a long time
