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Never pretend to be something you’re not.

So when I was 19 years old, I was a pledge. And in my fraternity, pledges had to be designated drivers.

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  • So I would drive drunk brothers home all night long.
  • "This girl is more attracted to the fact that I don't care at all about what she thinks than she is repulsed by the fact that I'm dipping." He was actually giving me a really deep life lesson.
  • Which was that even though he understood that some girls would probably think it was gross, he would feel more gross about himself if he weren't who he really was.
  • So I would drive drunk brothers home all night long.

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  1. 0:00
    Abschnitt 1 So when I was 19 years old, I was a pledge.
  2. 0:30
    Abschnitt 2 Which was that even though he understood that some girls would probably think it was gross, he would feel more gross about himself if he weren't who he really was.
  3. 1:11
    Abschnitt 3 And I like listened up.

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0:00So when I was 19 years old, I was a pledge. And in my fraternity, pledges had to be designated drivers. So I would drive drunk brothers home all night long. And one night, this guy got in and he always pulled the hottest chick. And I was like, how does this guy do this? And so he's sitting in the back, he's spitting into a cup cuz he's dipping. And this smoke show next to him was like, "Oh my god, it's so gross." And then she passed me, she's like, "Tell him how gross it is." He said, "Hormozi, life lesson." And I like listened up. "This girl is more attracted to the fact that I don't care at all about what she thinks than she is repulsed by the fact that I'm dipping." He was actually giving me a really deep life lesson.

0:30Which was that even though he understood that some girls would probably think it was gross, he would feel more gross about himself if he weren't who he really was. I realized there's two sides of it. Either you pretend to be someone you're not and the person actually falls for somebody that you aren't. Or you're exactly who you are and you can be certain in that fact. And if someone doesn't like you, 'em. Then you can actually have all the game you want because the game is just you. So when I was 19 years old, I was a pledge. And in my fraternity, pledges had to be designated drivers. So I would drive drunk brothers home all night long. And one night, this guy got in and he always pulled the hottest chick. And I was like, how does this guy do this? And so he's sitting in the back, he's spitting into a cup cuz he's dipping. And this smoke show next to him was like, "Oh my god, it's so gross." And then she passed me, she's like, "Tell him how gross it is." He said, "Hormozi, life lesson."

1:11And I like listened up. "This girl is more attracted to the fact that I don't care at all about what she thinks than she is repulsed by the fact that I'm dipping." He was actually giving me a really deep life lesson. Which was that even though he understood that some girls would probably think it was gross, he would feel more gross about himself if he weren't who he really was. I realized there's two sides of it. Either you pretend to be someone you're …