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Why the Best Leaders Are Unpopular (At First)
28 oktober 2026 · 23 min
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Easy calls get applause. Hard calls get criticism and make up for the majority of leadership decisions. In this episode, Leila breaks down why the best leaders sacrifice likability for the good of the business. She shares some controversial decisions she’s had to make as a leader and explains why every hard call is a trade. She also gives a three-part framework for making tough decisions.
In this episode
00:00 Hard business decisions: easy calls vs hard calls
03:58 Examples of hard calls: firing and cost cutting
09:58 The trade-offs involved in hard calls
14:21 Three rules for effective decision-making
19:10 Explain the why clearly from all perspectives
21:41 Closing thoughts and next steps for leaders
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The Hardest (and Best) Skill in Business: Subtraction
14 oktober 2026 · 16 min
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Doing more rarely fixes what's broken in a business. It just spreads the problem thinner. In this episode, Leila breaks down why the best business owners solve issues through subtraction, not addition. She explains how doing more before earning the right to do so is an expensive mistake. Ruthless simplicity isn't a limitation. It's how businesses actually scale sustainably.
In this episode
00:00 Earning the right to do more
04:54 Solving problems through subtraction vs. addition
08:00 How tech and HR departments add problems
13:37 Making hard decisions to win in business
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Other People's Opinions Are None of Your Business
30 september 2026 · 13 min
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Someone asked Leila to comment on how some women have to choose between being taken seriously in business and being a mother—implying that how other people perceive you can be a problem. In this episode, Leila explains why trying to change someone's mind about you is a waste of time. The price of success is criticism. The only real question is whether you’ll spend life responding to critics or building something worth criticizing.
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5 Dangerously Effective Decision-Making Rules | BUILD
16 september 2026 · 22 min
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Business leaders easily recognize the value of "working harder" and learning more about their niche. However, winning in business boils down to how fast you make good strategic decisions. In this episode, Leila makes the case for why decision-making is the most underrated skill in business. She breaks down the four multipliers that make one good decision worth more than months of execution.
In this episode
00:00 Introduction
01:41 Reach: how many people the decision affects
02:43 Repetition: how others reuse the decision framework
05:58 Duration: how long the decision’s impact lasts
08:38 Reversibility: how difficult it would be to unwind the decision
11:38 Skill #1: Creating options beyond either/or choices
14:07 Skill #2: Setting deadlines to avoid procrastination
17:18 Skill #3: The ability to be objective
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Right People, Right Seat | BUILD
2 september 2026 · 23 min
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More effort, hours, coaching, or feedback won’t fix a placement problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the framework she uses to figure out whether someone on the team is the wrong person or just in the wrong seat or season. The goal is not to keep everybody but to always keep the right team members in the right seats.
In this episode
00:00 Getting the right people in the right seats
03:24 Scenario #1: right person in the wrong seat
10:27 Scenario #2: right person in the wrong season
17:25 Scenario #3: right person, wrong boss
19:51 Making strategic decisions as a leader
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You're Not Empathetic. You're Just Scared to Disappoint People | Ep. 384
19 augustus 2026 · 17 min
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Guilt controls more decisions than most people realize. In this episode, Leila reveals how guilt can limit ambition, fill calendars with endless obligations, and prevent people from making decisions aligned with their values. She also shares tips on how to separate feelings from facts, tolerate discomfort, and stop taking responsibility for other people’s emotions.
In this episode
00:00 Understanding the power behind "feeling guilty"
05:15 Why successful people struggle to say no
06:36 Loyalty versus guilt in relationships
09:38 Practical steps to overcome feelings of guilt
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How to Win the Season You’re Currently In | Ep. 383
5 augustus 2026 · 13 min
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The real reason most people feel like they're failing at balance has nothing to do with having too much on their plate. They simply haven’t decided what matters most right now, in this moment. Leila gets candid about what getting pregnant mid-book-launch taught her about priorities, seasons, and the one question most people are too afraid to answer honestly.
In this episode
00:00 Why work-life balance feels elusive
02:25 Force ranking your priorities
05:19 How pregnancy changed the plan
10:38 Why balance is not a good life goal
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You Will Feel Like a Bad Business Owner, and That’s Okay | Ep. 382
30 juli 2026 · 9 min
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Women lose power in entrepreneurship because they keep blaming factors they cannot control. In this episode, Leila shares the brutal truths about building a business while balancing competing values like family, relationships, and personal ambitions. She explains why conflict between these values is inevitable and how women can create systems that support everything they care about.
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00:00 Leila’s perspective on women in business
01:45 Conflicting values: make trade-offs without feeling like a failure
05:30 Engineering the business and family to support each other
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Hire People Smarter Than You, Pick the Right People, and Adapt to Reality | Ep. 381
28 juli 2026 · 13 min
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The biggest threat to a business isn’t hiring the wrong person. It’s refusing to hire the right people to help you grow it. In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains how great leaders create leverage by surrounding themselves with people who challenge their capabilities, raise the standard, and build the company beyond the founder.
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The Unit: Why Aligned Couples Compound and Misaligned Ones Fade | Ep. 380
23 juli 2026 · 9 min
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A supportive environment is fundamental to achieving success. In this episode, Leila and Alex explore the role a spouse or partner plays in how far someone can go in life and business. They discuss how supportive relationships foster growth and how mutual trust allows couples to pursue bigger opportunities.
In this episode
00:00 Support is a requirement to achieve goals
01:54 A spouse’s role in enabling next-level growth
04:16 Real examples of supportive spouses
08:08 Winning in business as a unit
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The A4 Method: Awareness, Affiliations, Aptitude, Autonomy | Ep. 379
21 juli 2026 · 9 min
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Most people don’t fail at their goals because they lack ambition, but because they focus on the wrong things. In this episode, Leila introduces the A4 Method: a four-pillar framework for achieving goals built on self-awareness. She explains why success is not one big breakthrough, but thousands of small actions repeated over time. Lees meerIn this episode
00:00 Introducing the A4 method for achieving goals
01:52 Awareness: Tracking behaviors, habits, & patterns
03:06 Affiliations: Build a positive social environment
03:52 Aptitude: Acquire the necessary knowledge and skills
05:02 Autonomy: Own your choices and actionsMore Value:
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Leaders Solve Instead of Complain, and Business Is Always Personal | Ep. 378
16 juli 2026 · 8 min
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Leadership is the only skill that multiplies everything else. Today, Leila breaks down the traits that separate managers from true leaders. She explains why personal choices shape professional reputation and why leaders cannot separate who they are at work from who they are everywhere else. Great leaders don’t just manage people. They set the standard others choose to follow.
In this episode
00:00 How leadership multiplies skills
01:43 The 90-10 rule of solving problems
03:43 Personal life impacts leadership
07:10 How to close the integrity gap
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Money Chases the Best, and Active Income Comes Before Passive | Ep. 377
14 juli 2026 · 9 min
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People who are good at what they do chase money, but when you're the best, money chases you. In this episode, Leila breaks down three rules about money that most people learn too late, including why passive income isn't actually passive, and why money alone never creates fulfillment.
In this episode
00:00 Money chases excellence
02:26 Make money actively before passively
06:00 If money is the only goal, you’ll never have enough
07:52 Use money to build something bigger
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5 Ways to Project Confidence (Even When You Don’t Feel It) | Ep. 376
9 juli 2026 · 23 min
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Building confidence has nothing to do with affirmations, faking it, or "feeling ready." Confidence is built through deliberate, repeatable behavior. In this episode, Leila breaks down five mindset shifts that move the needle on how someone shows up in rooms, on stages, and in high-stakes conversations. The goal isn’t to remove fear but to stop allowing it to run your life.
In this episode
00:00 Building confidence: choose your words wisely
03:01 Manage your body first before thoughts
07:39 Use the power of silence
12:34 Stop folding under pressure
16:22 Own your opening and first impressions
18:23 Mistakes to avoid when building confidence
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You Settle for Others Because You Settle for Yourself | Ep. 375
7 juli 2026 · 12 min
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At 19, she'd been arrested six times and was 100 pounds overweight. By 28, she'd crossed $100 million net worth. In today's episode, Leila breaks down the exact mindset shifts that got her there, from ditching toxic relationships to learning sales from scratch, and why investing in your skills, not your looks or your love life, is the real shortcut to freedom. Lees meerIn this episode
00:00 Why you attract the people you settle for
02:32 The exercise that showed her what she needed to change
05:05 Skills compound faster than money ever will
09:37 Choosing a partner who adds to your life, not one who fixes itMore Value:
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Success Is Who You Become, Behavior Beats Mindset, and Clarity Creates Speed | Ep. 374
2 juli 2026 · 15 min
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Success is built in the process, not at the finishing line. In today’s episode, Leila shares three business lessons she learned from bikini competitions and remarkable exits, including why behavior beats visualization and how clarity creates momentum. She explains how structured execution, not emotional thinking, drives real transformation in life and business.
In this episode
00:00 Success is found in who you become
05:34 Thoughts do not determine reality
10:19 Clarity creates speed and momentum
13:30 Self-care vs goal avoidance mindset
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How to Achieve Anything | Ep. 373
30 juni 2026 · 4 min
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Many people fail to achieve their goals because they're constantly watching the scoreboard instead of running the play. In this episode, Leila breaks down how shifting attention from outcomes to inputs keeps you in the game long enough to win. Clarity creates confidence. Confidence creates consistency. The rest takes care of itself.
In this episode
00:00 Why focusing on the goal makes you fail
00:10 Shifting your focus from goals to inputs
02:40 Pro tips for applying input-focused thinking
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Respect Is Not Earned From Other People | Ep. 372
25 juni 2026 · 12 min
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Nobody gets respect by asking for it. They get it by becoming the person who wouldn't tolerate the lack of it. In this episode, Leila defines self-respect and explains why the world respecting someone is always an indicator of them respecting themselves first. The cycle of chasing validation, tolerating disrespect, and losing self-respect in the process is completely self-inflicted. And it's easily breakable.
In this episode
00:00 Respect starts with you
03:41 Measure people by what they cost you
05:54 Self-respect is a system of behavior
08:20 Choose discomfort over self-abandonment
10:01 Speak truthfully without oversharing
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What Real Discipline is All About | Ep. 371
23 juni 2026 · 6 min
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Real discipline is not trying to quit a bad habit cold turkey. That almost always fails. In today’s episode, Leila shares the unglamorous, boring systems and routines behind real discipline. She uses real-life examples to explain how to break bad habits and do all the hard thinking ahead of time so execution becomes automatic.
In this episode
00:00 How to build real discipline
02:00 Achieving freedom through planning
03:44 Why boring routines win
04:54 Feelings versus commitment
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The Stage Where Most Businesses Die | Ep. 370
18 juni 2026 · 13 min
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Doing the right things at the right stage is everything when building a business. The right move at the wrong time will break the business. In this episode, Leila maps out different business levels—from surviving chaos to scaling past 50 employees, and the constraints holding most founders back at three stages of business.
In this episode
00:00 Why mastering levels of business is necessary
00:40 Level 4: Build scalable infrastructure and start niching down
04:02 Level 5: Productize, increase LTV, decrease CAC
09:09 Level 6: Optimize systems and operational discipline
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How To Teach People to Respect You Without Saying a Word | Ep. 369
16 juni 2026 · 6 min
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Respect is taught through actions and consequences, not conversations. In this episode, Leila shares the tactics that confident, high-performing individuals use to command respect without yelling, begging, or explaining themselves. Self-respect is a system of consistent actions and behavior that refuses to tolerate an environment that diminishes one’s worth in any way.
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00:00 Teaching others respect through consequences
01:53 Mastering emotions is the highest form of self-respect
03:42 Why walking away is better than arguing
05:55 Respect starts with you, not others
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3 Habits That Freed Up 30 Hours in My Week | Ep. 368
11 juni 2026 · 12 min
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Being busy all day and achieving nothing isn't a productivity problem but a priority problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the principles she used to go from working 16-hour days and feeling empty to running a multi-million-dollar business with more focus and less friction. The shift wasn't about doing more. It was about designing the day around how the brain actually works.
In this episode
00:00 Delegate tasks with judgment
00:48 Batch your days and schedule themed days
03:37 Make meetings a last resort
06:29 Manage your energy, not your time
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How to Get Promoted Without Ever Asking for It | Ep. 367
9 juni 2026 · 14 min
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Most employees never figure out why they keep getting passed over during promotions. In this episode, Leila breaks down the six signs that a team member is ready for leadership. None of them is a technical skill. They are all behaviors that most ambitious people are either ignoring or getting completely wrong while seeking leadership roles.
In this episode
00:00 Stop asking for permission to lead
02:37 Show your flaws to build trust and team engagement
04:59 Leading beyond your work to improve team performance
08:39 Solve problems outside your role to demonstrate character
10:53 Trade credit for influence to earn respect and engagement
12:41 Develop patience as a competitive advantage
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The Smartest Thing You Can Do Right Now Is NOT QUIT | Ep. 366
4 juni 2026 · 11 min
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I've built companies worth hundreds of millions, and I've watched people with twice my talent blow up their lives by quitting at the wrong time. In this episode, I'm getting honest about what actually needs to be true before you walk out the door.
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00:00 Why most people aren't ready to quit
01:00 Get a paying client before you leave
02:00 Build a financial floor, not just a runway
04:00 Develop emotional reps for uncertainty and loss
06:30 Build real assets, not just desire
08:30 Have a plan that survives contact with reality
10:00 Why staying employed can be your smartest move
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The Iceberg Illusion of Leadership | Ep. 365
2 juni 2026 · 10 min
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Don't judge your boss by what you see, because their most important responsibilities are not necessarily visible. In this episode, Leila breaks down the iceberg illusion of leadership and why an employee might be oblivious to 90% of the work that's done by their leader. And entrepreneurs must train their team members to think, decide, and act like owners.
In this episode
00:00 How empathy for a boss can change career trajectory
02:00 The iceberg illusion of leadership
04:29 Leadership lessons from Phil Jackson’s triangle offense
05:56 Delegating decisions vs. delegating tasks
08:26 Scheduling absence and training replacements
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AI Is Making Your Thinking Worse (And How to Fix It) | Ep. 364
28 mei 2026 · 14 min
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AI isn't the problem. Using it to avoid thinking is. In this episode, Leila shares the memo she was forced to write after watching her own team misuse AI to the point it became a problem. She shares the three mistakes that make people using AI look worse, not better, and the one thing she'd beg anyone to start doing instead.
In this episode
00:00 Why AI makes you worse if you outsource your thinking
03:33 How to spot and correct AI-generated writing
06:13 Pattern-matching vs clear writing from clear thinking
07:40 Using voice dictation tools instead of writing with AI
10:11 Leverage AI to test for clarity, logic, and emotional impact
12:38 Step-by-step framework for using AI correctly
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Why Comfort Is the Real Enemy | Ep. 363
26 mei 2026 · 9 min
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The habits that ruin ambitious people rarely feel like self-sabotage. They feel like common sense. In this excerpt, Leila exposes four of the most dangerous ones, the kind that disguise themselves as intuition, humility, productivity, and freedom. The hardest part isn't fixing them. It’s admitting they're there.
In this episode
00:00 Confusing discomfort for intuition
01:44 Outsourcing your beliefs for validation
04:36 Optimizing for feeling productive vs achieving results
06:47 Optionality: why keeping all doors open kills focus
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The Hiring System That Lets Your Business Run Solo | Ep. 362
21 mei 2026 · 12 min
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Hiring more people doesn't fix a broken business. It just scales the chaos. In this episode excerpt, Leila breaks down three of the five systems every company needs. She explains how founders become the bottleneck when these systems are missing and shares practical frameworks to train employees, create accountability, and ensure the business runs without relying on the founder.
In this episode
00:00 Why hiring more people doesn’t guarantee growth
01:53 Accountability dial: training people from level one to five
04:54 Building a talent engine and funnel
07:16 The operating system that eliminates founder bottlenecks
10:40 Why systems are prerequisites for scalable growth
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How Rapid Growth Almost Destroyed My Company | Ep. 361
19 mei 2026 · 9 min
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Hitting $50 million on paper doesn’t mean a business is safe. Weak systems and tolerating bad behavior can destroy everything overnight. Today, Leila shares how rapid growth nearly broke her company and why success exposes broken systems. She explains why culture is a system, not words on a wall, and how tolerating poor behaviors undermines performance. Sustainable scaling also requires removing founder bottlenecks and developing observable leadership skills.
In this episode
00:00 Building culture as a system: culture is what you tolerate
02:03 Enforce values through observable behaviors
02:53 Build rituals that reinforce good behavior
03:24 Enforcement matrix: hiring, firing, and rewarding signals
05:03 Remove the founder bottleneck
08:37 Acquire observable leadership skills
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Four Habits Quietly Ruining Ambitious People | Ep. 360
14 mei 2026 · 10 min
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Most ambitious people don't have an ambition problem. They have a habit problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the four subtle habits that keep high-achievers stuck, including making every choice a forever decision and collecting identities that anchor them to a version of themselves they've already outgrown. If 2026 looks like 2025, this is probably why.
In this episode
00:00 Treating every decision as permanent
02:53 Keeping the wrong friendships
05:11 Avoid being the “villain”
07:38 Keep collecting identities
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Your Thoughts Are Not Facts | Ep. 359
12 mei 2026 · 6 min
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Acceptance is power. Growth starts when people stop resisting discomfort and start moving with reality instead of against it. In this episode, Leila explains why anxiety, fear, and negative thoughts only control people who treat them like they were facts. She also shares the mental frameworks that helped her stop spiraling. Learning that thoughts are not facts might be the difference between staying trapped and finally moving forward.
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00:00 The power of active acceptance
02:25 Why you must audit your beliefs
04:06 Identifying and swapping irrational beliefs
05:32 Embedding new beliefs with action
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Is It Time To Quit Your Job? | Ep. 358
7 mei 2026 · 18 min
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The internet glamorizes quitting the 9-to-5 for entrepreneurship, but most people are nowhere near ready to run a business. In this episode, Leila breaks down six signs that determine whether it’s actually time to leave a job. She explains why proof matters more than passion, why emotional stability is a business skill, and why entrepreneurship punishes people who confuse frustration with readiness. The smartest entrepreneurs don’t just leap. They build leverage before they jump.
In this episode
00:00 Separate your identity from the frustration
03:01 Have proof of monetized skills outside your job
06:10 Build a financial floor based on all monthly expenses
09:13 Develop emotional reps for uncertainty and loss
11:52 Build real assets, not just plans
13:59 Create a reality-tested business plan
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People Will Never Disrespect You Again | Ep. 357
5 mei 2026 · 4 min
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Too often, people stay stuck in toxic cycles when trying to prove their worth and get others to respect them. In this episode, Leila explains how self-respect is built from within and not earned. She shares the power of setting clear boundaries, communicating with intention, and confronting criticism head-on. Self-respect is a non-negotiable standard, and Leila shows you how to earn it instantly.
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00:00 What is self-respect?
01:14 Speaking with intention to build self-respect
02:31 Why criticism is other people’s unmanaged discomfort
03:38 How to handle criticism: defining your values
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How to Outsmart a Toxic Workplace | Ep. 356
30 april 2026 · 12 min
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Most people quit their jobs, trash the culture, and end up just as miserable somewhere new, because the company was never the problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the five mindset shifts employees need to stop surviving their work environment and start excelling in it. From dropping the "toxic" label to radical accountability, she highlights the decisions and mindset shifts that most people avoid.
In this episode
00:00 Replace "toxic" with a specific description
02:48 Taking the self-respect test
04:10 Recognizing that value misalignment is not toxicity
05:59 Choosing accountability before accusation
08:21 Leaving gracefully or staying happily
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Rewire Your Brain to Actually Make More Money | Ep. 355
28 april 2026 · 6 min
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The path to wealth isn’t just about grinding harder but also understanding the psychology behind it. In this episode, Leila shares the key mental shifts needed to make more money and scale a business. She reveals how most people fail not because of a lack of effort, but because they’re controlled by limiting childhood beliefs and self-doubt. Leila emphasizes the need to take ownership instead of blaming others and putting in the work despite the fear.
In this episode
00:00 Rewriting limiting money scripts
01:09 Why discipline beats side hustles
02:17 Raising your wealth thermostat
03:00 Work versus manifestation
03:44 Ownership versus blame
04:37 Taking fear along while doing the work
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How I Stopped Being the Escape Hatch for My Team | Ep. 354
23 april 2026 · 20 min
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The difference between leaders who grow and those who plateau is learning how to step back and trust their teams. In this episode, Leila breaks down how leaders can shift from being the star player to being the coach. She emphasizes the power of delegating decisions (not just tasks) and creating psychological safety so that teams can perform without constant oversight.
In this episode
00:00 The Phil Jackson paradox: change how you think about yourself
06:56 Psychological safety: the foundation of high-performing teams
08:19 Practical steps to delegate better
10:02 The "iceberg illusion" of leadership
14:32 Applying the Triangle Offense system of leadership
15:59 Delegating leadership decisions and not just tasks
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The Market Does Not Care How Hard You Worked | Ep. 353
21 april 2026 · 14 min
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Entrepreneurs who struggle take every failure personally; those who win treat each decision as an experiment. In this episode, Leila shares a tough truth about entrepreneurship: effort doesn’t guarantee success. The key to growth is learning to embrace failure as feedback and not defeat. She also shares five mindset shifts necessary to grow a start-up into a multi-million dollar business.
In this episode
00:00 Beware: smart people tend to procrastinate more
02:52 Information doesn’t exist without action
04:58 Wasted work is inevitable
07:52 Your business doesn't need to look like a real company
10:20 The market doesn’t reward effort
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How to Stay Consistent When Life Is Not Going Your Way | Ep. 352
16 april 2026 · 18 min
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Consistency isn't a personality trait that only a few people possess, but an engineered outcome.
In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains how people often fail to stay consistent because they haven’t designed their habits to work under real-life conditions. She shares five principles to build habits that stick– for people who have big ambitions and need to be consistent with the actions that will get them to their goals.
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00:00 Design a bad day plan
03:50 Reinforce good habits and replace bad ones
08:53 Close the feedback loops quickly
10:32 Decide once and remove options
13:24 Track behaviors rather than outcomes
16:20 Consistency as an engineered outcome
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The 5 Rules That Make People Want to Follow You | Ep. 351
14 april 2026 · 19 min
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Leadership is not about being the smartest person in the room. In this episode of Build, Leila Hormozi reveals five underrated leadership traits you should master to get people to follow you, admire you, respect you, and treat you like an outstanding leader or CEO. She describes simple yet powerful day-to-day actions to help you become better at leadership.
In this episode
00:00 Rule 1: Emotional regulation in times of crisis
04:28 Rule 2: Sincere candor, especially when giving feedback
08:11 Rule 3: Unimpeachable character in leadership
11:23 Rule 4: Clarity in communicating complex goals
14:57 Rule 5: Ownership when addressing or solving problems
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Scale Your Business Like a Pro in 2026 | Ep. 350
9 april 2026 · 38 min
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Each stage of business growth brings new challenges, and founders often find themselves stuck at the same point: doing too much. In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains why scaling requires specialization and mastering systems, not adding more tasks. She shares how narrowing focus at each level accelerates growth and allows a business to run smoothly without the founder’s constant involvement.
In this episode
00:00 Level Zero: Improvise and do free work to learn & collect data
04:49 Level One: Monetize by mastering manual selling
07:59 Level Two: Advertise for lead generation using the rule of 100
10:37 Level Three: Stabilize by hiring people and using documented repeatable processes
13:49 Level Four: Prioritize one avatar or offer, and track metrics
17:21 Level Five: Productize by upselling and reducing churn
22:28 Level Six: Optimize systems and reinforce operational discipline
26:08 Level Seven: Reorganize systems and hire directors to support scaling
30:02 Level Eight: Specialized job descriptions, systems, and value-based leadership
34:33 Level Nine: Creating a strong brand as your moat
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Stop Sabotaging Every Smart Financial Decision You Make | Ep. 349
7 april 2026 · 12 min
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Financial freedom is driven more by mindset than income. In this episode, Leila Hormozi shares the five money habits she had to quit to move from broke at 20 to a millionaire by 24. From making impulse purchases to failing to track numbers, Leila exposes common money mistakes that hinder people from building long-term wealth. The secret isn’t working harder to earn more but making sustainable, smart decisions that build your wealth over time.
In this episode
00:00 Recognize impulsive and emotional “net zero” purchases
03:07 Waiting for the “big win” to build wealth
05:09 Increasing expenses whenever income increases: lifestyle inflation
07:09 Refusing to face reality by not tracking numbers
09:11 Buying feelings instead of assets
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Every Word You Speak Decides Your Worth | Ep. 348
2 april 2026 · 15 min
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Overexplaining and rambling nearly hurt Leila Hormozi’s first business, but learning how to communicate clearly helped her grow a $250 million portfolio. In this episode, she explains why poor messaging is the reason most founders get ignored. She breaks down how a lack of clarity, coupled with wrong positioning and expectations, makes a leader forgettable. So what's the solution? Saying fewer things, more clearly, and repeating them until they stick.
In this episode
00:00 Skill 1: Keep the goal of the conversation front and center
02:48 Skill 2: Optimize for progress rather than approval
05:45 Skill 3: Speak from a perspective of systems, not individuals
08:20 Skill 4: Frame your communication for the listener
10:58 Skill 5: Use simple language
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Your Calendar Reveals Why You’re Not Growing | Ep. 347
31 maart 2026 · 23 min
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Being super busy and yet not managing to achieve goals is more of a priority problem than a productivity problem. In this episode, Leila Hormozi breaks down the importance of aligning work schedules with the natural rhythms instead of pushing through exhaustion. She shares the six principles that the top 1% use to achieve goals. Energy management trumps time management when making major decisions.
In this episode
00:00 Stop maximizing time: optimize for judgment
03:42 Treat your calendar as a strategy
08:04 Go on a decision diet by delegating correctly
11:10 Batch your tasks or projects by days
14:00 Make meetings a last resort, not the default
16:51 Manage energy, not time: build your life around energy
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The 5 Systems That Will Make Your Business Run Itself | Ep. 346
26 maart 2026 · 21 min
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Building a billion-dollar company depends on systems, not on working harder. In this episode, Leila Hormozi reveals the five systems necessary to break free from the bottleneck of being the business’s only driver. She explains how building the right culture, hiring funnel, and operations system, among other systems, allows founders to finally step out of the way and let their businesses take off.
In this episode
00:00 Build culture as a system
05:09 Remove the founder bottleneck
09:22 Understand the people flywheel basics
14:17 Build a talent engine that runs like a funnel
16:39 Establish an effective operating system
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Unlock Your Best Year Yet | Ep. 345
24 maart 2026 · 19 min
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A founder’s strengths can be the very thing that limits business growth. In this episode, Leila Hormozi shares key principles for scaling a business, starting with the need to delegate what you're already good at, so you free up time to acquire new skills. Sustainable growth also requires normalizing setbacks, prioritizing rest and recovery, and building decision-making systems that function seamlessly in the founder's absence. These strategies build businesses that scale beyond one individual's capabilities.
In this episode
00:00 Delegate: Fire yourself from jobs you're good at
05:09 Normalize regressing, to progress
07:53 Track recovery the same way you track revenue
12:05 Make expensive decisions early to buy back time later
15:20 Build systems that run without you
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Fear Is Holding You Back and Here’s How to Beat It | Ep. 344
19 maart 2026 · 29 min
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Fear is universal, but so is the ability to face it head-on and grow. In this raw and vulnerable conversation, Leila Hormozi reflects on how fear kept her from fully trusting her body and food after health issues. She shares the simple strategies and six-month plan she created to tackle health scares and other fears. The fastest way forward is to face fear directly and follow the plan, no matter how you feel.
In this episode
00:00 Introduction
04:54 Difference between protective and limiting fear
08:36 How to overcome the fear of judgment
15:25 Rebuilding self-trust after you make a mistake
18:49 Balancing heart vs logic when making decisions
21:57 Practical steps to stop the doom loop
25:54 Things to tell yourself before confronting the fear
27:07 The fastest way to make progress despite fear
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Your Partner Isn’t Toxic, You’re Losing Self-Respect | Ep. 343
17 maart 2026 · 17 min
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When people feel conflicted about maintaining or ending a relationship, they often ask the wrong question—Is this person or situation good or bad for me? The real question to ask is: Do I like who I'm becoming in this relationship? In this episode, Leila Hormozi discusses what might be uncomfortable to hear. Self-respect is the key to nurturing a healthy relationship, and when we compromise our values for the sake of a relationship, we give up that "respect for self."
In this episode
00:00 Why self-respect is key in every relationship
02:01 The doom loop, when destructive behavior is normalized
04:00 Your response to ill-treatment teaches people how to treat you
07:16 A framework for assessing relationships
10:00 How to audit the impact of a relationship
13:42 The difference between expectations and preferences
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What I Learned From Hiring Our New CEO | Ep. 342
16 maart 2026 · 55 min
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A successful leadership transition involves more than just replacing one leader with another. It also means creating capacity for faster growth. In this episode, Leila Hormozi talks about the strategic shift in her role at Acquisition.com and how Sharran's taking over as CEO gave her clearer focus and capacity for even more impactful work. If you're a business owner or leader navigating big changes, you need to get good at planning and executing leadership transitions.
In this episode
00:00 The leadership shift at Acquisition.com
08:09 Acquisition.com’s three-year planning framework
12:46 Leveraging AI to create a 5-year plan for your business
14:29 Leila’s new focus and the company’s future
32:43 Pausing big goals to build capacity first
41:01 Acquisition.com’s vision for the next 12 months
44:44 CEO vs executive chairman: What is the difference?
50:44 Transparency and preparing the team for change help to make it a smooth transition
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Courage Comes First, Confidence Comes Later. | Ep. 341
12 maart 2026 · 10 min
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Discipline isn’t about forcing yourself through discomfort. It’s about consistency. In this episode, Leila Hormozi talks about the power of discipline and how small, consistent actions lead to massive success. High performers aren't just more skilled. They know when to tackle tough tasks first, even when fear and discomfort try to stop them. Leila shares a personal story of how pushing herself too hard, too soon, led to avoidance, highlighting the importance of making tasks achievable. She also breaks down the idea of self-respect and how avoiding hard conversations or actions causes long-term harm, whether in business or personal life.
In this episode
00:00 The difference between discipline and ego
01:20 "Eat the frog": doing the hardest tasks first
02:08 Tolerate fear and discomfort to achieve breakthroughs
03:41 Why self-respect is built one small decision at a time
06:05 Taking small steps (in the right direction) to achieve big goals
08:00 Success often means consistently going through boring systems
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Are You Accidentally Training Your Team The Wrong Stuff? | Ep. 340
10 maart 2026 · 20 min
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A leader’s actions speak louder than words. Showing up when things are falling apart teaches the team that problems are the only time their leader cares. In this episode, Leila Hormozi highlights a common leadership pitfall: accidentally training a team on the wrong things. Leila shares how leaders, whether intentional or not, condition their teams through their actions, and how this can lead to reactive, anxiety-filled cultures. She offers a simple solution that involves showing up before the leader is needed, reinforcing early communication, and sharing focus and context so the team can move faster with clarity. Her insights from experience will transform the way you approach leadership and create an environment that naturally reinforces high performance without micromanaging.
In this episode
00:00 Why visibility is critical for leaders
04:08 How a leader's behavior impacts the team’s behavior
09:19 Three ways leaders train the wrong stuff
12:41 Proactive visibility practice: 30-minute check-ins
15:13 Sharing context proactively to reduce anxiety
18:08 Simple steps to start building a new culture
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