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Build with Leila Hormozi · July 14 · 8 min

Money Chases the Best, and Active Income Comes Before Passive | Ep. 377

Receive the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+: https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe People who are good at what they do chase money, but when you're the best, money chases you. In this episode, Leila breaks down three rules about money that most people learn too late, including why passive income isn't actually passive, and why money alone never creates fulfillment. In this episode 00:00 Money chases excellence 02:26 Make money actively before passively 06:00 If money is the only goal, you’ll never have enough 07:52 Use money to build something bigger 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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Receive the unfiltered memos I send my team as we scale Acquisition.com to $1B+:

https://leilahormozi.com/subscribe  



People who are good at what they do chase money, but when you're the best, money chases you. In this episode, Leila breaks down three rules about money that most people learn too late, including why passive income isn't actually passive, and why money alone never creates fulfillment. 


In this episode

00:00 Money chases excellence

02:26 Make money actively before passively

06:00 If money is the only goal, you’ll never have enough

07:52 Use money to build something bigger


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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