🔥 Lessons from The Diary of a CEO with Alex Hormozi 🔥

3/14/20252 min read

1. The Power of Obsession 🎯

🏆 Champions don’t stop—everything you do daily should align with one goal.

🔥 Pain fuels obsession—it drives passion and purpose.

🎯 Focus on ONE passion—mastery comes from deep commitment.

2. Your Unique Fingerprint 🆔

🔍 What makes you different? Your personality, your story—own it!

🚫 Never dilute yourself—more people need your message than those who hate it.

💡 Be unapologetically YOU.

3. Building a Strong Company 🏢

👑 Find the right founder—attract the right people by being the best version of yourself.

📜 Document, duplicate, demonstrate—create systems, test them, then teach them.

✅ Use a checklist to hire effectively.

💬 Have tough conversations sooner—growth requires honesty.

🔄 Reinforce the right behaviors—make changes when needed.

4. Attitude vs. Skill ⚖️

🔑 Prioritize attitude over skill—skills can be taught, but the mindset is harder to change.

✅ Reward behaviors, not just results.

🚀 Culture is shaped by specific rules—make them clear.

5. Scaling & Growth 📈

🏗️ Find 5 best experts and expand from there.

🤔 Are you here for growth or just for the experience?

6. Customer Strategy: The 4 R’s 🔄

1. 📝 Review – Get feedback and refine your product/service.

2. 🔒 Retain – Keep customers engaged and satisfied.

3. 📣 Refer – Turn customers into advocates.

4. 💰 Resell – Create long-term value and repeat business.

7. The Customer Journey 🎢

🚀 Uninformed Optimism → Excited but unaware of challenges.

😟 Informed Pessimism → Reality kicks in, and doubt creeps in.

🤯 Crisis of Meaning → You question everything, wondering if it’s worth it.

🔥 Crash & Burn → Many give up here.

🌱 Informed Optimism → You push through with a clearer understanding.

🏆 Achievement → Success comes from persistence.

8. Simplicity & Focus 🎯

🌱 The grass isn’t greener elsewhere—follow your own advice.

✅ Pick ONE thing and master it.

🏗️ Complexity comes later—be great at one thing first.

9. Why You Need a Mentor 🧑‍🏫

⏳ A mentor speeds up your learning journey.

🏋️ But you can figure things out on your own if you’re willing to go through trial and error.

10. Two Types of Education 📚

1. ⚙️ Procedural – Knowing how to do something.

2. 🧠 Declarative – Knowing about something.

11. Two Types of Creators 🎭

🎤 Entertainers – Keep people’s attention.

🎓 Educators – Help people change their behavior.

12. Redefining Happiness 😊

🚫 Don’t chase happiness—design your life to create it.

🤔 Ask yourself: On the day I truly felt alive, what was I doing?

🗓️ The goal: Live as many of those days in a row as possible and figure it out.

13. Courage to Be Yourself 💪

🧩 What makes YOU happy is unique —embrace it.

🧘‍♂️ Tune in to how you feel every day.

14. Finding Meaning 🧭

🧐 Why do you believe life is supposed to be meaningful?

🔄 Challenge your unconscious beliefs—what do you take as truth without questioning?

😌 True fulfillment comes from enjoying the process, not just the result.