Build with Leila Hormozi

Stop Sabotaging Every Smart Financial Decision You Make | Ep. 349

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] 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 More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap] Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]

Every Word You Speak Decides Your Worth | Ep. 348

Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: ⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe]https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe]⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] 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 More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: ⁠ [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap]https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap]⁠ [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap] Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: ⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe]https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe]⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: ⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]https://leilahormozi.com/acq [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]⁠ [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]

Your Calendar Reveals Why You’re Not Growing | Ep. 347

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] 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 More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap] Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]

The 5 Systems That Will Make Your Business Run Itself | Ep. 346

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] 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 More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap] Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]

Unlock Your Best Year Yet | Ep. 345

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] 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 More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap [https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap] Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe [https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe] Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq [https://leilahormozi.com/acq]