How can you create an unshakeable business? My name is Leila Hormozi and I crossed $100M by the age of 28. Now I’m growing acquisition.com into a billion-dollar portfolio. In this podcast, I share the lessons I’ve learned in scaling big businesses and helping our portfolio companies do the same. Buckle up, Let's BUILD.
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Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe I've built companies worth hundreds of millions, and I've watched people with twice my talent blow up their lives by quitting at the wrong time. In this episode, I'm getting honest about what actually needs to be true before you walk out the door. In this episode 00:00 Why most people aren't ready to quit 01:00 Get a paying client before you leave 02:00 Build a financial floor, not ju...
Receive the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Don't judge your boss by what you see, because their most important responsibilities are not necessarily visible. In this episode, Leila breaks down the iceberg illusion of leadership and why an employee might be oblivious to 90% of the work that's done by their leader. And entrepreneurs must train their team members to think, decide, and act like owners. In this episode 00:00 How ...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe AI isn't the problem. Using it to avoid thinking is. In this episode, Leila shares the memo she was forced to write after watching her own team misuse AI to the point it became a problem. She shares the three mistakes that make people using AI look worse, not better, and the one thing she'd beg anyone to start doing instead. In this episode 00:00 Why AI makes you worse if you outsourc...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe The habits that ruin ambitious people rarely feel like self-sabotage. They feel like common sense. In this excerpt, Leila exposes four of the most dangerous ones, the kind that disguise themselves as intuition, humility, productivity, and freedom. The hardest part isn't fixing them. It’s admitting they're there. In this episode 00:00 Confusing discomfort for intuition 01:44 Outsourcin...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Hiring more people doesn't fix a broken business. It just scales the chaos. In this episode excerpt, Leila breaks down three of the five systems every company needs. She explains how founders become the bottleneck when these systems are missing and shares practical frameworks to train employees, create accountability, and ensure the business runs without relying on the founder. In thi...
Receive the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Hitting $50 million on paper doesn’t mean a business is safe. Weak systems and tolerating bad behavior can destroy everything overnight. Today, Leila shares how rapid growth nearly broke her company and why success exposes broken systems. She explains why culture is a system, not words on a wall, and how tolerating poor behaviors undermines performance. Sustainable scaling also req...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Most ambitious people don't have an ambition problem. They have a habit problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the four subtle habits that keep high-achievers stuck, including making every choice a forever decision and collecting identities that anchor them to a version of themselves they've already outgrown. If 2026 looks like 2025, this is probably why. In this episode 00:00...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Acceptance is power. Growth starts when people stop resisting discomfort and start moving with reality instead of against it. In this episode, Leila explains why anxiety, fear, and negative thoughts only control people who treat them like they were facts. She also shares the mental frameworks that helped her stop spiraling. Learning that thoughts are not facts might be the difference ...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe The internet glamorizes quitting the 9-to-5 for entrepreneurship, but most people are nowhere near ready to run a business. In this episode, Leila breaks down six signs that determine whether it’s actually time to leave a job. She explains why proof matters more than passion, why emotional stability is a business skill, and why entrepreneurship punishes people who confuse frustration ...
Leila Hormozi clarifies that self-respect is built through consistent actions, not external validation, and highlights how betraying oneself diminishes it. She stresses the importance of intentional communication, urging listeners to focus on desired outcomes rather than emotional impulses. Furthermore, the episode reframes criticism as another's unmanaged discomfort, providing strategies to handle it by deeply anchoring one's identity in core values to maintain authenticity.
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Most people quit their jobs, trash the culture, and end up just as miserable somewhere new, because the company was never the problem. In this episode, Leila breaks down the five mindset shifts employees need to stop surviving their work environment and start excelling in it. From dropping the "toxic" label to radical accountability, she highlights the decisions and mindset shifts tha...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe The path to wealth isn’t just about grinding harder but also understanding the psychology behind it. In this episode, Leila shares the key mental shifts needed to make more money and scale a business. She reveals how most people fail not because of a lack of effort, but because they’re controlled by limiting childhood beliefs and self-doubt. Leila emphasizes the need to take ownership...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe The difference between leaders who grow and those who plateau is learning how to step back and trust their teams. In this episode, Leila breaks down how leaders can shift from being the star player to being the coach. She emphasizes the power of delegating decisions (not just tasks) and creating psychological safety so that teams can perform without constant oversight. In this episode...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Entrepreneurs who struggle take every failure personally; those who win treat each decision as an experiment. In this episode, Leila shares a tough truth about entrepreneurship: effort doesn’t guarantee success. The key to growth is learning to embrace failure as feedback and not defeat. She also shares five mindset shifts necessary to grow a start-up into a multi-million dollar busin...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Consistency isn't a personality trait that only a few people possess, but an engineered outcome. In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains how people often fail to stay consistent because they haven’t designed their habits to work under real-life conditions. She shares five principles to build habits that stick– for people who have big ambitions and need to be consistent with the action...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Leadership is not about being the smartest person in the room. In this episode of Build, Leila Hormozi reveals five underrated leadership traits you should master to get people to follow you, admire you, respect you, and treat you like an outstanding leader or CEO. She describes simple yet powerful day-to-day actions to help you become better at leadership. In this episode 00:00 Rule ...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Each stage of business growth brings new challenges, and founders often find themselves stuck at the same point: doing too much. In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains why scaling requires specialization and mastering systems, not adding more tasks. She shares how narrowing focus at each level accelerates growth and allows a business to run smoothly without the founder’s constant inv...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: 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 sus...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: 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? ...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: 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 maj...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: 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 business...
Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: 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 f...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Fear is universal, but so is the ability to face it head-on and grow. In this raw and vulnerable conversation, Leila Hormozi reflects on how fear kept her from fully trusting her body and food after health issues. She shares the simple strategies and six-month plan she created to tackle health scares and other fears. The fastest way forward is to face fear directly and follow the plan,...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe When people feel conflicted about maintaining or ending a relationship, they often ask the wrong question—Is this person or situation good or bad for me? The real question to ask is: Do I like who I'm becoming in this relationship? In this episode, Leila Hormozi discusses what might be uncomfortable to hear. Self-respect is the key to nurturing a healthy relationship, and when we compr...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe A successful leadership transition involves more than just replacing one leader with another. It also means creating capacity for faster growth. In this episode, Leila Hormozi talks about the strategic shift in her role at Acquisition.com and how Sharran's taking over as CEO gave her clearer focus and capacity for even more impactful work. If you're a business owner or leader navigatin...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Discipline isn’t about forcing yourself through discomfort. It’s about consistency. In this episode, Leila Hormozi talks about the power of discipline and how small, consistent actions lead to massive success. High performers aren't just more skilled. They know when to tackle tough tasks first, even when fear and discomfort try to stop them. Leila shares a personal story of how pushing...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe A leader’s actions speak louder than words. Showing up when things are falling apart teaches the team that problems are the only time their leader cares. In this episode, Leila Hormozi highlights a common leadership pitfall: accidentally training a team on the wrong things. Leila shares how leaders, whether intentional or not, condition their teams through their actions, and how this c...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Side quests or seemingly harmless distractions like unplanned favors, pet projects, or quick fixes can derail execution as a company grows. The tasks don’t appear on the roadmap, they lack ownership, and often waste valuable resources. In this episode, Leila Hormozi explains how, despite coming from well-intentioned, high-performing team members, side quests pull attention away from wh...
Get the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: Leila's Letters https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Your business is not stuck because of market limits or bad strategy. It simply lacks the capacity to absorb opportunities. In this episode, Leila breaks down the real reason so many founders feel like they are “leaving money on the table,” arguing that opportunity is everywhere, but the ability to absorb it is what actually determines growth. She explains how leaders of...
