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How to Win the Season You’re Currently In | Ep. 383
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How pregnancy changed the plan
At 7:58 · chapter starts 5:19
This is where the abstract becomes concrete [1] — Leila Hormozi "Leila had a packed year planned — book launch, national tour, a brand-new show — when she found out she was pregnant. Instead of trying to …" 05:05 . Leila had an entire year mapped out: a book launch, a national book tour, and a brand-new high-production show she describes as genuinely exciting and creative. Then came the pregnancy — unplanned, unscheduled, and suddenly the biggest variable in her life. She walks listeners through the mental exercise she ran: imagining the different versions of herself she could be — this type of mom, that type of businessperson — before finally getting back to what she actually wanted. What she wanted required real sacrifice. She postponed the book launch (not forever, just not now). She canceled the show entirely [2] — Leila Hormozi "Leila canceled a high-production show she loved after investing several hundred thousand dollars in it, simply because it wasn't the right …" 06:50 . That last one hurt: she'd already invested several hundred thousand dollars in it, and one episode alone took a full day to produce. She names the principle directly: a decision isn't a decision unless you sacrifice. And she chose to close those doors, framing it not as defeat but as accepting the season she's in rather than fighting reality. She'd spent periods of her life arguing with reality, she says — and she's done with that.
Leila postponed her book launch — not canceled it — after getting pregnant, making clear she intends to release it, just not during her first season of parenthood.
Leila canceled a high-production show she loved after investing several hundred thousand dollars in it, simply because it wasn't the right season. She defines a decision as only real when something is actually given up.
The new show Leila canceled required a full day of work per episode due to scheduling, location logistics, set build-outs, and production complexity.
Leila canceled a new TV-style show she was producing and wrote off several hundred thousand dollars already invested in it, calling it the right decision for her season.
Trying to fit every area of life into a rigid daily slot sounds disciplined — until a kid gets sick, a key employee quits, or an economic shock hits. The most flexible system always wins; the most rigid always cracks.
