Warum du auf Warum und Weil verzichten solltest

0:00Like we Like when people ask why, we just guess an answer and we answer with things that we've answered in the past that people have given us approval for. So, it's like, "Why are you so motivated, Alex?" I could be like, "My father never gave me enough approval." Or I could say, "My mother didn't pay enough attention to me." Or I could say, "I had a teacher who uh encouraged me early on." Or I spoke once in class and I did a good job and I really wanted to do more of that. Like, I could make up a hundred different reasons, but all we know is that I do these things. And I think just erasing the why and the because, um it just makes the life a lot easier because you don't have to you don't have to deal with it. So, it's like my my The two things that I've been focused a lot on uh is like elimination of should, which I think I talked a lot about on one of the the the first podcast that we did together. And I'd say like, my focus right now is kind of elimination of why and because. Because we don't know.

0:43You have no idea. Like, I don't know like if you're like, "I think he was uh when It's like when someone tries to guess your intention." It's like, "You don't know. I don't know why I said that." And the real reason, I don't know why I said that. We just know that I said it. And just focus on that. And that's just been easier in terms of like communicating with other people, managing relationships, even persuasion. It's like trying to trying to be like, "You did this bec- You don't know. Stick to what you can observe." And that's just made my life a lot easier. It appears like it's a part of human nature to come up with all of these extra details, problems, justifications, etc.

1:17explanations for certain things. Why is it in our nature to continually do this and complicate things when you when you explain things, it's just so simple? I have no idea. I know that we do it. I don't know why. That is so unfair. That is I mean, it's a perfect answer. Why is it unfair? No, it's a great It's [laughter] a great answer. No, it's it's a great answer. It's a great answer. So, like, I can make something up if you want, but like it'll just be made up. Yeah.

1:42>> And And to be fair, most people will just make up quite you know, answers to questions of like why. Yeah. >> you know, and it's it's a hard bounce for me because sometimes I'll I'll get on podcasts and like the more strict I am and kind of to do certain degree like what mood I'm in, I might answer very much more strictly on that, but it can sometimes make for a more, you know, boring podcast experience cuz people are like, "Fine, so we don't know anything." And I'm like, "Yeah, exactly." >> Yeah. It's interesting for me to for you to go from like Layla wants and has all these nice things to you where you're just like, "I'm just going to get down to the basics. Why do I want this?

2:12Do I really need it? No." It seems like Layla's very much an opposite in that she'll just say, "I want it. I don't need to think about why I want it and what this means. I just want it. I'm not going to put any more effort into that." There was a boat that a big yacht that had a name on it that I really liked and it was a don't analyze your pleasures. And I just I just like she knows that she likes it. Mhm. And I like that she likes it. And like what what is wrong with that? Like the only reason that someone would have any objection to that is simply because of the price tag associated with it. If she liked buying $1 clothes, no one would have any issue with it. It's just because it's expensive, but that's based on their understanding of expensive, not necessarily my context. And even if it was even if I had maybe the exact same amount of money as whoever would be judging me for or judging Layla for for buying clothing like that. Why do you care how I spend my money? Yeah.

3:01Spend yours your way. Cuz basically them, you know, expressing that is expressing their preference that I would live They They would prefer that I live the way they live their lives. Sure, but like why don't you just keep living your life the way you prefer and I'll keep living my life the way I prefer. I don't prefer that you live your life a different live your life a different >> Live your life. Yeah. >> Yeah. Do whatever you want. Okay. Yeah. If there's like that's my like no should, elimination of should, elimination of why and because. Like that's that's my that would be my, you know, presidential campaign. No shoulds, no whys, and no becauses. Real quick, if you are a business owner and you are not growing as fast as you like, I'd like to give you a free gift. So, my team and I put together the $100 scaling road map, which is basically 200 hours of us looking over all the portfolio companies we've had and what stages of growth they went through and more importantly where they got stuck and how they got past it.

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