Leila Hormozi
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
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A hundred percent. And it's funny because the outcome, like when we built Gin Launch, first business that we ever had, I think a lot of that was still fueled off of this frenetic energy of like trying to run through anxiety. Anxious, stressful. Right. But it created something really cool.
A hundred percent. And it's funny because the outcome, like when we built Gin Launch, first business that we ever had, I think a lot of that was still fueled off of this frenetic energy of like trying to run through anxiety. Anxious, stressful. Right. But it created something really cool.
But it was, I remember the moment where it was like two years before we sold that started to shift where I started recognizing that relationship. And then I said, I want to be able to do this in a way that makes me better, not worse. I don't want work to make me worse as a person. I don't want work to make me emotionally worse, to make me spiritually worse, to make me a worse wife.
But it was, I remember the moment where it was like two years before we sold that started to shift where I started recognizing that relationship. And then I said, I want to be able to do this in a way that makes me better, not worse. I don't want work to make me worse as a person. I don't want work to make me emotionally worse, to make me spiritually worse, to make me a worse wife.
I want work to make me better. And so the only way I can do that is if every time I have a negative emotion, I look at it as an opportunity to make a better relationship with my emotions, which will, that will transfer to all areas of my life, my relationship, my friendships, et cetera. And so now it's like, I look at business as the biggest vehicle for my personal growth because
I want work to make me better. And so the only way I can do that is if every time I have a negative emotion, I look at it as an opportunity to make a better relationship with my emotions, which will, that will transfer to all areas of my life, my relationship, my friendships, et cetera. And so now it's like, I look at business as the biggest vehicle for my personal growth because
I'm constantly facing these negative emotions. And so I get all that practice to confront them and then say, hey, I don't need to run from any of this. And that means that my life gets to expand rather than contract every time I do that.
I'm constantly facing these negative emotions. And so I get all that practice to confront them and then say, hey, I don't need to run from any of this. And that means that my life gets to expand rather than contract every time I do that.
Yeah, it's actually... So about a year and a half before we sold Gym Launch, our first business, I... It was like there was a week where I had to run our team quarterly. I then had a full team event. I had a speaking gig I was doing, and then I had some other event. And I was lying in bed, and I remember I just felt so much anxiety.
Yeah, it's actually... So about a year and a half before we sold Gym Launch, our first business, I... It was like there was a week where I had to run our team quarterly. I then had a full team event. I had a speaking gig I was doing, and then I had some other event. And I was lying in bed, and I remember I just felt so much anxiety.
And all of a sudden this like wave came over me, and I had a full-blown panic attack. And then I was up all night, I couldn't sleep. I was like, what's wrong with me? I haven't had a panic attack in a decade. And it wasn't like how, you know, when I was younger, I would get panic attacks at times.
And all of a sudden this like wave came over me, and I had a full-blown panic attack. And then I was up all night, I couldn't sleep. I was like, what's wrong with me? I haven't had a panic attack in a decade. And it wasn't like how, you know, when I was younger, I would get panic attacks at times.
It was like, you know, my tongue is swollen, my hands go numb, like full on, like many more symptoms than I experienced in the past. It freaked me out. And when that happened, I was like, you know, the first thing that happened was like, what's wrong with me? Like, there's got to be something wrong with me because I don't understand.
It was like, you know, my tongue is swollen, my hands go numb, like full on, like many more symptoms than I experienced in the past. It freaked me out. And when that happened, I was like, you know, the first thing that happened was like, what's wrong with me? Like, there's got to be something wrong with me because I don't understand.
And then after about two and a half weeks of, you know, I reached out to different therapists and psychiatrists and doctors and like everyone has their own opinion of, you know, why did you have this panic attack? I reached out to a friend of mine who recommended I read a book. And the book was Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You by Albert Ellis.
And then after about two and a half weeks of, you know, I reached out to different therapists and psychiatrists and doctors and like everyone has their own opinion of, you know, why did you have this panic attack? I reached out to a friend of mine who recommended I read a book. And the book was Control Your Anxiety Before It Controls You by Albert Ellis.
And I read that book and I was like, oh, my God.
And I read that book and I was like, oh, my God.
I don't need anybody to tell me what's wrong with me because nothing's wrong with me besides the fact that I think these things are so bad.
I don't need anybody to tell me what's wrong with me because nothing's wrong with me besides the fact that I think these things are so bad.