Build with Leila Hormozi

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5 Ways to Project Confidence (Even When You Don’t Feel It) | Ep. 376 Jul 09, 2026

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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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DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

You Settle for Others Because You Settle for Yourself | Ep. 375 Jul 07, 2026

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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.

In 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 it

Success Is Who You Become, Behavior Beats Mindset, and Clarity Creates Speed | Ep. 374 Jul 02, 2026

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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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DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

How to Achieve Anything | Ep. 373 Jun 30, 2026

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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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DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

Respect Is Not Earned From Other People | Ep. 372 Jun 25, 2026

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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 Jun 23, 2026

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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 Jun 18, 2026

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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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DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

How To Teach People to Respect You Without Saying a Word | Ep. 369 Jun 16, 2026

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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.

In this episode

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 Jun 11, 2026

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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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DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

How to Get Promoted Without Ever Asking for It | Ep. 367 Jun 09, 2026

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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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Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured

Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/

DISCLOSURE Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies, and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

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