how to win at anything.

I was digging through my old Notion pages the other day and found these notes from an Alex Hormozi workshop.

The title was simple: "How to Win at Anything."

Five clear steps that apply to literally anything you want to achieve.

1. “What to Do to Win”

2. “How to Win”

3. “Why You're Not Doing What You Need to Be Doing”

4. “Who Do You Become to Win”

5. “When Do You Start”

Whether it's building a business, getting in shape, learning a skill, or changing your life, these principles work.

Thought I’d share it with you.

Here's the framework:

1. What to Do to Win

Start with inversion.

Make a list of things that would guarantee you'd lose.
Then invert it.

The fewer items on your list, the better and more potent it becomes.

Our brains are programmed to find problems, not solutions. We're wired to survive tomorrow, not thrive today. So use that natural tendency.

Want to fail at building a business?
→ Avoid customers.
→ Don't ask for feedback.
→ Give up when it gets hard.

Want to fail at getting fit?
→ Skip workouts.
→ Eat junk consistently.
→ Make excuses.

Now flip each one. That's your winning strategy.

Simple, but not easy.

2. How to Win

Here's the truth: The less skilled you are, the more broken down your approach needs to be.

Results come down to the gap between the number of skills required and the number of skills you have.

If you can learn it, it's a skill.
If it's a skill, you can teach it.
If you can teach it, you can break it down into simple steps.

Adults and toddlers learn the same way.

The only difference?
Our egos don't let us learn from "broken" commands.

You need to "operationalize" everything. Break it down into instructions that anyone can follow and that guarantee the results you expect.

This requires four things:

3. Why You're Not Doing What You Need to Be Doing

Most people jump from the valley of despair to the next opportunity.

That's why they keep losing.

Down times are when champions are made. Wealth gets created when a large part of the market is handed to the few left standing.

You cannot test yourself against people you're already better than, because you become complacent.

Wish for storms. They make you a better sailor.

What makes you extraordinary isn't what you do - it's how long you do it.

The valley of despair is where most people quit. But it's also where winners are separated from everyone else.

4. Who Do You Become to Win

Internal conditions matter more than external ones.

Motivation comes from deprivation.

You're more motivated when you're deprived of something you want.

Motivation is proportional to deprivation. You only feel poor if there's a large gap between where you are and where you want to be.

You can change behavior by changing environment.

The key?

Change who you compare yourself to. Compare yourself to the person you genuinely want to become.

If you want to be a certain type of person, you have to do what that person does.

Here's the beautiful part: "The work works on you more than you work on it."

The process of pursuing your goal transforms you into the person capable of achieving it.

5. When Do You Start

There are two timeframes to consider: macro and micro.

But here's the thing most people get wrong: the "when/then" fallacy.

"When I have more time, then I'll start."
"When things calm down, then I'll focus."
"When conditions are perfect, then I'll begin."

Do the stuff to get what you want. Period.

If you're busy, that's actually the best time to enforce change and start.
The best time to start is when you're the busiest.

If you can make it through the worst, you can do it at your best.

This is about leverage - getting more from what you put in. Some people don't work harder or faster; they achieve more with every step.

Start when you decide to become your future self.
You win by playing.

Everything must be hard before it becomes easy.

This is what hard feels like. Do it anyway.

I must’ve written these notes ages ago; I don’t even remember it. Found it buried deep in my Notion.

Of course, all credit to the 🐐.

If you haven’t heard of him, check him out here.

You won’t regret it.

(especially if you’re into business, money, and entrepreneurship)

Cheers. Have an amazing week.

7 months down, 5 to go.

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