Legacy Is A Myth | Ep 599

"We're wishing for something that will literally never happen.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) discusses his belief in optimistic nihilism and how he uses mental frameworks to manage stress and anxiety in entrepreneurship. He argues that legacy is a myth and that understanding our insignificance can lead to better decision-making.

Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.

Timestamps:

(4:33) - No inherent meaning, like weather

(5:12) - If it doesn't matter in 500M years, doesn't matter

(10:05) - Legacy doesn't matter

(12:23) - Leaving things to kids doesn't benefit them

(13:50) - Law of large numbers

(14:52) - Imagine bad things happened a thousand times before

(16:57) - Exercise: Failure resume

(18:52) - The only real legacy is leaving the human race better

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