The Game with Alex Hormozi · 2026-06-11 · 13 min · 3,300 words

Stop Trying to Fix the Thing That's Working | Ep 978

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I want to talk about a business myth that needs to die. It's something that so many business owners believe. And so I'm going to explain what it is, how it's applied to thousands of businesses that have come to our headquarters here at Aquazous.com in Vegas, and how it's likely holding you back. And it's one of the most insidious beliefs, and I think it might be the one that ends the most businesses. And the crazy part is it has nothing to do with the business and everything to do about how you treat it.

It's not that your business isn't scalable, it's that you want scaling to be easier. And that's the issue. Your business isn't broken. You don't need to change the business. You need to deal with the fact that solutions take time and that this might just be a feature of the business you're in.

Now, part of you might think, well, if this is a feature of the business that I'm in, I don't want to have this business. Okay, well, if let's walk through that. So hypothetically, if you were very good at solving that problem, would that be a problem that you'd be more okay with dealing with? Maybe. And if you're considering an alternative path, you should also consider the alternative problems, right?

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