{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Wisdom","slug":"modern-wisdom-229239","podcast_index_feed_id":229239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5088139739","website_url":"https://chriswillx.com/books/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a62f84c0-f8b6-11ed-a4fc-fb9e7841d45b/image/76ed638554a4be965517200d1cd5f30d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Williamson","episode_count":1124,"summary":"Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew McConaughey, Alain de Botton, Alex Hormozi, Tony Robbins, Chris Bumstead, Mark Manson and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:19:03.029132+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239"},"episode":{"title":"33 Brutal Truths To Stop Wasting Your Potential - Alex Hormozi - #1117","slug":"33-brutal-truths-to-stop-wasting-your-potential-alex-hormozi-1117","published_at":"2026-06-29T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/33-brutal-truths-to-stop-wasting-your-potential-alex-hormozi-1117","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239","url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5764877542.mp3","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/SIXMSB5764877542.mp3","summary":"Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author. Alex’s X Account has been one of my favourite sources of insights over the last few years. Today we get to go through some of his best lessons about life, human behaviour, psychology, business and resilience again. And as always this is so, so good. Expect to learn how to stop doing the wrong “hard things”, the 3-step process for winning, how to break decision paralysis, why you shouldn’t listen to the opinions of ordinary people, the not cool way to get rich, how to reverse engineer success, Alex’s message to his son, how to keep working after the excitement dies, the 3 behaviours of respected leaders and much much more… Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: ⁠⁠https://chriswillx.com/deals⁠⁠ Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get up to 20% off Timeline powered by Mitopure (now at a lower price) at https://timeline.com/modernwisdom Get 160+ lab tests for just $365 and save an extra $25 at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Get ChatGPT to explore ideas, solve problems, and learn faster at ⁠https://chatgpt.com Timestamps: (00:00) The Hard Things Everyone Should Focus On (07:45) Why Stories Help Us Endure Hard Times (11:08) The 3-Step Formula for Winning (15:48) How to Escape Decision Paralysis (17:06) Take Responsibility for Your Current Position (19:40) Is Courage the Most Important Virtue? (23:17) Why Feedback Hurts So Much (26:32) The Lessons Learnt from Losing (36:51) How to Choose the Right People for You (45:21) Why Hard Wins Mean More (55:55) You’re Not Behind, You’re Just Early (57:34) The Power of Documen…","meta_description":"Alex Hormozi is a founder, investor and an author. Alex’s X Account has been one of my favourite sources of insights over the last few years. Today we get…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":14934,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-wisdom-229239/episodes/33-brutal-truths-to-stop-wasting-your-potential-alex-hormozi-1117/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-wisdom-229239/33-brutal-truths-to-stop-wasting-your-potential-alex-hormozi-1117.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}