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Build with Leila Hormozi · September 16 · 22 min

5 Dangerously Effective Decision-Making Rules | BUILD

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Business leaders easily recognize the value of "working harder" and learning more about their niche. However, winning in business boils down to how fast you make good strategic decisions. In this episode, Leila makes the case for why decision-making is the most underrated skill in business. She breaks down the four multipliers that make one good decision worth more than months of execution. In this episode 00:00 Introduction 01:41 Reach: how many people the decision affects 02:43 Repetition: how others reuse the decision framework 05:58 Duration: how long the decision’s impact lasts 08:38 Reversibility: how difficult it would be to unwind the decision 11:38 Skill #1: Creating options beyond either/or choices 14:07 Skill #2: Setting deadlines to avoid procrastination 17:18 Skill #3: The ability to be objective More Value: Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.

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Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+:

https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe  


Business leaders easily recognize the value of "working harder" and learning more about their niche. However, winning in business boils down to how fast you make good strategic decisions. In this episode, Leila makes the case for why decision-making is the most underrated skill in business. She breaks down the four multipliers that make one good decision worth more than months of execution. 


In this episode

00:00 Introduction

01:41 Reach: how many people the decision affects

02:43 Repetition: how others reuse the decision framework

05:58 Duration: how long the decision’s impact lasts

08:38 Reversibility: how difficult it would be to unwind the decision

11:38 Skill #1: Creating options beyond either/or choices

14:07 Skill #2: Setting deadlines to avoid procrastination

17:18 Skill #3: The ability to be objective



More Value:

Get your personalized $100m scaling roadmap: https://www.acquisition.com/roadmap   

Read the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe

Receive a curated set of internal memos from the past year at Acquisition.com: https://leilahormozi.com/acq 

Watch my latest YouTube videos: https://www.youtube.com/@leilahormozi/featured

Learn how to scale your business to millions of dollars in annual revenue: https://www.acquisition.com/ 


DISCLOSURE: Information shared here is for educational purposes only. Individuals and business owners should evaluate their own business strategies and identify any potential risks. The information shared here is not a guarantee of success. Your results may vary. Copyright © 2026.


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