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Alex Hormozi Reveals His $100M Writing System [1 HOUR GUIDE]

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How I Write

Alex Hormozi shares his daily writing ritual, emphasizing uninterrupted time and a lack of structure. He outlines his book-writing process, focusing on creating a table of contents as the primary game plan and using a consistent structure for each chapter, including narrative, descriptions, plentiful examples, and his personal notes.

Alex Hormozi's daily writing ritual involves at least six hours of uninterrupted time.
He outlines his books starting with the table of contents.
He writes in a structured manner, combining narrative, description, examples, and personal notes.
He doesn't suffer from writer's block and prioritizes violent effort in his writing process.

Shownotes Transcript

Alex Hormozi has written two killer business books that have sold more than 1M copies. His writing has gotten him to 9M followers across social media. This is the first interview where he breaks down his writing system.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:20 Hormozi’s cave

00:05:35 Discovery process

00:12:32 Fix problems using MECE

00:13:43 Marketing “$100M Leads”

00:20:55 Writing for YouTube vs Books

00:27:13 The pain is the pitch

00:31:37 Break down the world into frameworks

00:34:09 10x more effort = 1000x results