Literally discussed 2 of these points with my husband today. Me "learning more" is a form of procrastination. And tired of everyone reaching out for an implied ask. Done and done. I don't consume any social media with the exception of watching Alex videos for my daily dose of insight. Pumped about this.
Quote from Steve Jobs. People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no the the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t don’t ask the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things. As Alex said.. you don’t see progress until you are 70% 80% effort just to see the glimpse of progress… if you have 10 projects going and working on them 10% each… you will be fragmented. It’s best day no to all. And go all in on one thing.
That was actually good advice, funny thing is as a recovering self-help addict I realized that many self-help methods just keep you occupied without being actually productive. If you want to do something you have got to commit to it 100% and prioritize it over all other things, even if those other things are self help methods. It took me a while to realize that but now I focus 100% on my Filmmaking career and I could finally deliver the last months
God considers self-help a sin and it's refreshing to see that those who eventually succeed do so using his principles even though they don't hear preaching regularly
I've seen this guy's videos on youtube, but have only started watching them. The season of no video was powerful. Tomorrow is day 39 of a 40 day water fast I have been on since I had a moment of clarity in my life 39 days ago. I woke up on a Sunday morning, upside down on my bed, hanging halfway off, hungover, after a saturday night that wasn't even too bad, considering my other wild weekends. I felt alone and disgusted with myself. I realized that for years, I've given my all to everyone around me, and nurtured their lives when they had absolutely nothing, only to realize that when you help people to their feet, that's when you find out if their hearts are genuine, or if they will be there for you when they have the means to stand on their own two feet. I found out the hard way, that wasn't the case. I had a moment of clarity in that moment on the bed, looking out through barely open blinds, where a very bright sun was shining through. Before this moment, all I could think of, was how many people were up, dressed, going out to church, brunch, and maybe to the beach to enjoy their wonderful week with friends and family. And here I was, thinking that I was going to lie in this bed all day and all night, depressed. Then, not to sound cliche, but a loud voice spoke to me and gave me instructions for an entire reset. The first order of business was to fast for 40 days and 40 nights. This was a multi pronged approach to make a radical change in my life. And it had to be radical, or else I was going to fall into the endless cycle I always fell into when I made declarations of change in my life. So, I didn't tell anyone what I was about to do. In fact, one of very first things I did with no hesitation was delete my Facebook account. I went to the store and bought me a 6 pack of Fiji water in the liter bottles, and up until now, I have only consumed water with electrolytes and select vitamins, such as a multivitamin, vitamin C, a B complex and nothing else. I'll have 50lbs. lost in 40 days (at 38 now) and I have never had so much mental clarity in my life. I deleted all of my streaming apps, I bought an Audible subscription and now have over 20 books on there, I go to the local bookstore and have bought books, and have made a list of the top things I will accomplish. Every other goal is not in my thoughts anymore. I gave up toxic relationships, bad food, alcohol, going out to events, and pleasing others. I am hyperfocused on me and me alone. I am not a simp, and no longer care who I offend for not doing things they want to do, loaning them money, or giving them my time. I could go on, but see I have already written a small book in your comments. I just felt so passionate about this, that I hope that I could help inspire someone else to snap out of it, and build up yourself and your vision, and not be the supplement to others lives and building up their empire and not my own.
Yep...who knew that a guy that knows the secrets of being a billionaire would just post it on youtube instead of just being a billionaire. What a great guy.
I think he just hit the nail on the head for the feeling I've had around wanting to cut back on social events and even deciding to scale back my time in the gym (which I love). Recognizing that I need to go all in on my career building right now.
You have literally changed my life, I thought I was going crazy and becoming a terrible person but I’m just coming to terms with the fact 99% of people I’ve surrounded myself with just don’t think past today, in my own opinion but of course I could be wrong!
@@wilbing8465 that is exactly what I was trying to say. Thank you so much xD yeah deffs it’s them not valuing my time equally and vice versa! My god I think you just got to the core of my problems/frustrations!!
@Dreamz you can pretty much count anyone out who spends time doing things like drinking / smoking. They either don't care that they're wasting time (not even including all the negative side effects of those things), or they aren't disciplined enough to quit.
For people with ADD this is a life changer, I was going to skip the video because there's a lot of fake productivity gurus out there but the priority bit got me, thank you sir..
I began cleaning up my life in 2019, I went to rehab got off the drugs and started working out regularly. The hardest thing for me was saying no to all the people who wanted to hang out, I still have issues with it 4 years later.
This is deep. I struggle with feeling obligated to reply to people. Growth in 2022 for me means to not feel obligated to reply unless their is value in our conversation and it doesn’t have to be monetary!
At times I feel like this too and find it obnoxious because it seems to me that people are stuck in the teenage years wanting to hang out at the mall or do nothing.
@@marialeon6765 humans are social creatures so we always crave some kind of connection with other people. As adults we might not go to the mall anymore and do nothing but we might want to go get a coffee with someone as an excuse to just socialize a bit, which I think is good and necessary from time to time. I think it's wrong to say no to everything that is good for our body and mind. I understand that there are some times when we need to prioritize something over the rest in order to get results, but that's not sustainable on the long run.
@@fuuyra45 Yes, but if you're jobless, don't pay attention to your family and responsibilities, and just reach out every day to people to hang out and get upset if they can't, you have a problem. Behaving like a teen gives you the finances of a teen.
Always loved the so-called millionaire routines: 4am: wake up and meditate 5am: stretching and workout 7am: cold shower 8am: breakfast 9am: visualization 10am: goal-setting 11am: grocery shopping 1pm: hot sauna yoga 2pm: lunch with friends at the beach 3pm: review my finances and spreadsheets 4pm: gratitude journal 5pm: affirmations 6pm: meeting with accountability coach 7pm: reading 8pm: bed, to rest up for another long day of succeeding tomorrow Bro, when the fuck do you actually work??
that's actually kind of comedic. especially the accountability coach at 6 pm. I like it. :D obviously, nobody would have time to do all these things, and its not realistic at all...
You stretched the morning out 5 hours longer than it needs to be. You can accomplish all those things within the first hour of waking, and put in a 6 hour work day before even having lunch and going on for the rest. Nobody meditates for an hour, working out an hour every day is overkill by any standard, I have no idea how you spend an hour in a cold shower, or why it takes you an hour to eat breakfast. Nobody spends an hour visualizing and another hour goal setting. Nobody spends an hour writing in a gratitude journal, or any journal for that matter, or another hour doing affirmations. In fact the only realistic thing on your list is grocery shopping. A lot of these things are actually 5-10 minute things. So you managed to make a reasonable daily routine look utterly ridiculous. But if that's how long it takes you to do basic things, I am not surprised these things don't work for you. Don't get me wrong, I don't do half the things on that list, but that is so far beyond an outrageous characterization of people taking those kinds of practices on. I could do all those things, add a 6hr work day to it, and still have plenty of time to do whatever the hell I please.
haha for real. When i was younger i would read up on these books and watch these types of videos where some secret is revealed to become a millionaire and it's usually BS routine like this that will only make you feel productive without actually doing the work
True. I was thinking I can do kids, business, housekeeping. The success recipe for burnout. Keeping things simple is focusing on the things that have the best impact in the long term. And there are more nos to add. Thank you!
@@timoteisatmarean7391, I understand. I already have 2 amazing kids, 7 and 8yo. As they are more and more independent, I am growing more and more on figuring out other parts of life, such as business.
the most amount of growth and success, love and otherwise, was when i started cutting everything out and saying no. I was only left with what I cared about, wanted to do, and did. keyword, DID. I didn't make time to do what I wanted, I cut out everything I was doing to be only left with the same amount of time to do what I wanted. Big difference
I doubled my business by doing this. I also burned out. Not because this necessarily leads to burnout. But because I had a very difficult client that was a huge pain that I didn’t get rid of sooner enough. Even a profitable client can end up being a net negative. Don’t do that. Love 💗
Every so often the algo shows you someone like Alex who succinctly reminds you of what you know but are internally resisting. This is exactly what I needed hear
On a 365 Calendar I discovered a quote "Do not add. Instead, subtract habits and inclinations until you begin to feel better." It's been tremendously helpful.
You’re the only person who has made me feel more of a bad a$$ than a dumb a$$! Your changing my idea of myself by making me see these “off the wall” ways I have are brilliant not a liability. I’ve been idealizing that corporate schedule and high structure routine for years while just “working WITH myself” on my own idiosyncrasies hoping One-Day I’d get it together and now…. Come to find out these are super strengths and I’m bordering on superhero! 😂
From one Alex to another, all the points you've disclosed on this vlog are priceless and timeless guidelines. I would further add that - time is your currency; your output is determined by your level of time spent/saved/redistributed and therefore its efficient/effective use make all the difference.
There are the kind of people trying to make money by teaching other 'how to be successful', without actually being successful in any other avenue of life.
No more excessive social media scrolling...just going to post from the computer form now on. The only TV I'm trying to watch is the Mozi channel...All the Hormozis, all the time. The Leila and Alex Wombo-Combo.
Thank you Alex! You're not kidding about the social media time suck. I removed facebook but then spend more time on twitter for no reason. I need to break that habit.
This applies to me so well right now. I currently say yes to too many things. What I really need to be doing is executing and I know how, but I’m just wasting too much time. Currently entering “a season of NO!”
Normally LOVE Mozi’s content. I disagree with the changing number. Who you know is highly important in business, and keeping weak ties from dying out can pay dividends in the future. Yes 100% constrain the time you spend tending to these weak ties, but to extinguish them entirely is a short-sighted trade off for growth IMO
It's more likely that we don't know how to identify the weak ties Like Alex spoke in another video If your client doesn't perform it could mean that you are not performing well enough.
If something is important, you say no to everything else. That's how I was as a student. I wanted a guaranteed bright future, no struggle, so I said no to socializing and fun. While other kids were chatting in the lunch room I was reading over my notes and finishing homework in an empty classroom, so I have no social skills now. Got into an elite university for engineering, then the Great Financial Crisis hit. I was burned out, but nobody was giving jobs so I could move out. So I moved out to China. Now life should begin as a normal person, making friends, having relationships for the first time, cooking gourmet dinners, never again pushing myself or staying up all night to finish something. Government policy kept changing and people turned on me, I went from running a business to teaching in some high school just for the visa. Life is uninspiring, I have to move for the visa, so no more coffee shops, no more friends, just living alone in some dump of a city in my 30s without any money or career. I'm here to experience exciting adventures, not push myself, I don't want to harm myself losing hair by pushing myself to stay up all greasy and sweaty finishing stuff nobody needs ever again.
Yeah man just goes to show education isn't verything. Try to use what you've learned though to btter your life. If you want to socialise more that's fine. At the end of the day do what you enjoy. If that's starting a company, being a lawyer or partying that's all fine
His content is so damn good and inspiring, he's making me want to spend money on him; even though, "He has nothing to sell you." Thanks for the videos!
Alex's point about not needing more information, but more execution is huge. I came to this realization a while back when discovering I didn't need another book with expertise in my field, or more self help books, but to actually do do do! The knowledge to be great at almost anything is already out there... just a matter of doing it!
I'm studying for the LSAT to get into Law School and this is so HELFPUL! Just found out about you on Graham Stephen 2nd podcast with you. Thank you for this knowledge
Sounds like a good way to realize you wasted the best years of your life chasing a dream that might make you rich but might not make you happy. Grinding out your career should be worth it for the places it can take you along the way, not for the eventual promise of wealth. Life happens and all that work could very well turn into nothing, and you could easily get passed up by a schmuck who was at the right place at the right time. Priorities are important, so make sure you spend your limited time wisely. Don't waste it on cheap friends, experiences, and dreams.
Wow that progress on 100 fronts resonates so much! I workout 5 days a week and resent it because I know I have other tasks needing to be done and get more down on myself for not going in on another front at 100. So good man thank you!
Dude.. I am so inspired by you.. Unfortunately, I’m currently in the “looking at bankruptcy lawyers” stage 😂 but Fortunately, my goals are clear, they are monumental, and they are possible. Thanks for the amazing content Alex
This is one of those things that people often know without acting on it effectively (me included) When you already feel like there isn't enough time, why would adding more be the answer (unless it's more delegation) Great video, efficient value, thanks Alex!
legendary billionaire alex this is what is means to be a HIGH PERFORMER i relate to so many things hes saying all it takes it a personal tweaking TWEAK yourself for optimal performance might make a video on top of this one reaction vid per say
Is anyone else in a similar situation? A family with three young children aged 6, 4, and 3. Working a full-time job. Trying to start their own business. What should be the priority? Should I say NO to my family and disappear from their lives? Should I wait until the children grow up and I'm 45 years old to start my own business? I want to earn $60,000 annually and have a business that fits with family life. For clarity, I'm from Poland, where you can live quite comfortably with $60,000. :D
Do Less Not More. You need to prioritize, you do that with your actions, do what is a priority first and do it more. Focus comes from saying no to what isn't important. The secret is to eliminate everything else, the only thing that remains is what is important.
I used to 'have" to meditate and go to the gym everyday yet it's those very things I thought were helping that were taking up time for building my business;
I’m really glad I didn’t stop a few videos back when Alex said that you need to stop consuming videos and get to work because I would have never came across this video. Obviously it’s important to act but I’m in my season of learning.
Love this. So many masterminds & seminars, so little high networth. Glad you said this as I feel like an outcast when I've thought "I don't need to travel to masterminds. I know what I need to do!"
Thank you! I love that 4am to 12 pm productive time with zero interruption. Some of these may seem radical , but what an Olympian does to train for his/her performance is deemed radical also. And here I am texting away on social media when I should be EXECUTING. Bye guys good luck to you all.
1:20, 2:45, 5:40, 7:10, 7:57 You don’t need that much more information you need execution. When you find that you can’t move forward because you lack information, that’s when you go and actively search for the very specific information that is needed to move forward and nothing more 8:48 everything else on maintenance so that you can put max energy into the focus point and actually have it grow instead of spinning your wheels trying to do everything complete focus, sacrifice everything that isn't moving you forward because if it's not moving you forward they're holding/dragging you back
My perspective towards my work routine has been totally altered after watching this video after all others. I am amazed with the blank space. Thank you for that. I'm more happy working, and doing more, also. Ain't that some shit huh hahaha
This is crazy I should hear this after already coming to this conclusions for myself, I kept myself in a position where all I had to do was the work that needed to be done, sure my social needs are lacking a bit, however it’s not of importance to me I get enough social attention from my engagements within my work meeting new people getting to know their story and then I’m back to work 🙌🏼 I got nothing else to do but keep learning and working
I love this, it makes complete sense that the problem is not to create new habit to will make you successful because that’s just an excuse to keep doing the bad habits.. I somehow convinced myself that I needed to workout and get healthy to quit smoking but the reality is as long as I keep smoking I’ll never go an workout and get healthy and becoming successful. Thank you Alex I think it’s time that I quit once and for all and commit to being healthier 🙌💯
I needed to hear this. I convinced myself I needed to keep going to networking events to help build my business and looking back less than 5% of new business came from networking events so I’m taking a major break and focusing on what actually works.
7:11 I love the second one, I needed more execution not Information and once you know what needs to be done, anything that you're not doing that is getting in a way of accomplishing what you want 🤩 Thanks for this Vid, Probs to you.
I paused this at 0:29 but wanted to go ahead and say I like where you are going because you said you "don't have anything to sell". Most videos like this I'm always waiting for the upsell. It's a nice change.
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