# Leila Hormozi: The Leadership Mindset That Changes How You Operate in Business and Life | Leadership | YAPClassic Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640/leila-hormozi-the-leadership-mindset-that-changes-how-you-operate-in-business-and-life-leadership-yapclassic Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640/leila-hormozi-the-leadership-mindset-that-changes-how-you-operate-in-business-and-life-leadership-yapclassic.md Podcast: [Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640) Published: 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-6138e37f42bdd982ed0db66a/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cohst.app/pdcst/4B3Z7X/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP2538912681.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/s.gum.fm/s-6138e37f42bdd982ed0db66a/pscrb.fm/rss/p/cohst.app/pdcst/4B3Z7X/mgln.ai/e/697/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP2538912681.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640/episodes/leila-hormozi-the-leadership-mindset-that-changes-how-you-operate-in-business-and-life-leadership-yapclassic Duration seconds: 5644 ## Resource Leila Hormozi mastered self-leadership early, parenting herself through her mother's addiction as a child. That struggle spiraled into alcohol abuse and six arrests in eighteen months, until her father's warning that she could die forced her to rebuild her life through deliberate behavior change. Today, she runs a portfolio of companies that generate over $250 million in annual revenue. In this episode, Leila shares her secret to acting despite fear and anxiety and the leadership skills that help founders and entrepreneurs achieve ambitious goals, build exceptional teams, and create lasting success. In this episode, Hala and Leila will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (00:32) Turning Childhood Adversity Into Self-Leadership (09:26) Shifting From a Partying Mindset to Self-Development (21:11) Learning Sales Skills the Hard Way (26:17) Treating Dating Like a Sales Funnel (34:23) Building a Business With Your Partner (39:29) Getting Uncomfortable to Build Success (52:21) Building the “Get Sh!t Done” Muscle (56:02) What Makes a World-Class Leader (1:02:23) The Hundred-Million-Dollar Hiring Process (1:14:07) Building a Vision Top Talent Wants (1:18:28) The Accountability Formula Every CEO Needs (1:22:25) How Employees Can Stand Out Leila Hormozi is an entrepreneur, investor, and the co-founder and CEO of Acquisition.com. Alongside her husband and business partner, Alex Hormozi, she has built and scaled a portfolio of companies generating over $250 million in annual revenue. She is widely recognized for her expertise in leadership, team building, organizational scaling, and creating strong operational and management systems. Leila is also the host of the podcast BUILD with Leila Hormozi. Sponsored By: Indeed - Get a $75 sponsored job credit to boost your job's visibility at Ind… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640/episodes/leila-hormozi-the-leadership-mindset-that-changes-how-you-operate-in-business-and-life-leadership-yapclassic/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/young-and-profiting-with-hala-taha-699640/leila-hormozi-the-leadership-mindset-that-changes-how-you-operate-in-business-and-life-leadership-yapclassic.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.