Stop Waiting for Clarity | Ep 970
5/14/202612 min
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Waiting to get clarity before taking action is a losing strategy. In this episode, Alex shares six principles for building capacity even when the next move isn't obvious. The secret, he argues, isn't knowing what to do. It's preparing so relentlessly that when the fat pitch finally comes, the prepared are already at the plate, warmed up, and swinging with everything they've got.
In this episode
00:00 Build capacity before opportunities come
02:32 Save money aggressively
03:50 Invest in acquiring and practicing skills
05:42 Practical examples of skill stacking
08:05 Build an audience without a product
09:08 Create a waitlist to gauge interest and demand
09:37 Networking and going to opportunity hubs
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First 90 secondsAlex Hormozi· Host0:00
If you're ambitious but not sure what to do, I wanna share six principles, really just actions, that have helped me get to where I want. And these are the same six things that allowed me to go from having only a thousand bucks to my name and sleeping on a gym floor to now having a portfolio of companies that last year did north of two hundred and fifty million a year. And the reason I'm making this video is because I'm on a mission to get the next generation of men and women to make their first hundred thousand dollars. And there's a lot of reasons for that. But I think that if you can participate in the economy, you will believe in capitalism, and I think that will set up the next generation for much bigger and better things. So let's just start with principle number one, which is build capacity. And so what to do when you're not sure what to do is you build capacity. So for example, if you don't know what you're gonna do tomorrow, you should go and bed on time today when you're not sure what you're gonna do. Still, might as well be rested. That's building capacity. You can get in shape when you don't have dates lined up. Like, you don't have one lined up, but it can help you when the opportunity strikes. You can save money when you're not sure where you're going to invest because at least you'll have the money so that when the investment comes, you'll have the opportunity to take action. And so the thing about opportunities is that they present themselves to everyone, and only people with capacity can both recognize and capitalize on them. So don't be in the bleachers when the fat pitch comes. You wanna be at the plate, you wanna have already practiced your swing, and you wanna be ready to go. And I'll give you a case study that actually can drive this point home. So there was a study they did at Princeton Grad School. It was called, like, the Good Sam- Good Samaritan study, where they had seminary students who saw themselves as moral people, right? They were studying to become priests. And they asked them to write a paper on being a Good Samaritan