ONLY YOU CAN SAVE YOU - Alex Hormozi Motivational Speech

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Why is courage the foundation for all achievement?

Alex Hormozi 0:00

If you don't have courage, nothing else matters. Yeah, I think one of the strongest frames that has gotten me through those harder times is that this is the story I will one day tell. And so it just like almost the more bad things that happen, it's like the more epic the story becomes. And so of course this this terrible thing will happen and like doesn't that make the story so much better?

Chris Williamson 0:21

If you are the kind of person that tells yourself the story, that you're the kind of person that can get through this, that is functionally exactly what you're chasing. Like what you're after is the story. And by putting that on the front end and going, okay, I'm just gonna keep on building stories that I'm gonna refer back to in future, I think you're actually being more direct than if you were trying to take a more rational view of exactly how behaviour's put together. Like the story is the rational view of how your behavior and your identity are put together.

Alex Hormozi 0:50

If we remember a story, so like let's say you have that story of You went through this hard thing and then you survived, then it basically serves as a reminder of the reinforcer of the behaviors you did to get through it. And so it's almost like um with a kid who's smaller, if you're like, hey, remember last time you did this, you got ice cream. Um, if you remind them of that reward, then they're more likely to repeat the behavior. And so I think stories function that same way where we use them to motivate ourselves in the short term to do the desired. Behavior that might be less comfortable in the short term, but we're reminded about the larger reinforcing event that we're going to be able to do

Chris Williamson 1:24

that we had in the past. Big lesson here is just because you're doing hard things in one domain does not mean that it crosses over into all domains unless you purposefully try to make your identity wrapped up around it. Lots of mistakes were made by standing still. Like people think that inaction isn't a decision, but it is. Totally.

Alex Hormozi 1:42

I mean, your conditions change through inaction still. Like doors close. Uh there are moments where you have opportunities where you have to act or they will go away. Yeah. Um and so I think it's like being able to seize those opportunities and that means that you have to actively say no to something that you might want or might want a lot. And I think those are the trades that we I think I think being willing to make those trade offs clearly and trade them for the things that you want more is how people can progress through life and r and get more of what they want.

How can we use personal stories as a tool for future motivation?

Alex Hormozi 2:10

The pain of having to accept trade offs holds a lot of people back. A hundred percent. And then they end up getting nothing. And I think that I honestly think that is like at the crux of why so many people are not realizing any potential at all, because they are unwilling to make any trade and then make the biggest trade of all.

Chris Williamson 2:25

How do you think about overcoming that decision paralysis? Lots of good options in front of you, but it's functionally true for humans that more options make you more miserable, not happier. People get stuck because they don't know what they want. And I definitely know what

Alex Hormozi 2:40

you want by what you're willing to sacrifice to get something.

Chris Williamson 2:43

Take responsibility for your current position. What's that mean?

Alex Hormozi 2:46

It absolutely might not be your fault, but it is still your problem. Since you are the only one who you can influence directly, then you are the one who is source. And because like you could still be correct in saying that like because I insert grievance, insert, you know, trauma, insert genetic predisposition, insert zip code I was born in, or language or poverty level or whatever it is. All of those things could be true, and yet you still have to take action as the only source.

Chris Williamson 3:12

Mm-hmm. No one's coming to save you. Yeah. Which goes back to the first one. The interesting thing about no one is coming to save you also means no one is coming to stop you. Mm. The three step process of how to win. Number one, realize no one is coming to save you.