06/11/2026
Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend an entire day inside Alex Hormoziâs boardroom. đ
Whatâs been fascinating is reflecting on how two people can come from completely different places in the world, yet somehow travel surprisingly similar roads. đ
Alexâs family came to this country from Iran.
My family fled Iran as refugees.
Different stories.
Different timelines.
Different experiences.
Yet both paths were built on sacrifice, uncertainty, taking risks, and pursuing opportunities that didnât come with guarantees.
As I sat there listening, contributing, and having my own business dissected, I found myself thinking about how strange life can be. Years ago I was consuming his content, reading his books, studying the way he thought. đ Now Iâm sitting across the table having conversations that challenge the way Iâve viewed my future.
And thatâs where things got uncomfortable. đŹ
Most people seek mentors because they want confirmation that theyâre on the right path. They want reassurance. They want validation. â
What they donât expect is for someone they deeply respect to completely challenge a vision theyâve spent years building in their own mind.
There were moments yesterday where I heard things I wasnât expecting to hear. 𤯠Things that directly challenged assumptions Iâve carried for a long time. Not because my vision was necessarily wrong, but because someone operating from a level of experience that dwarfs my own could see variables, opportunities, risks, and blind spots that I simply cannot see from where I currently stand.
I think thatâs what makes mentorship so difficult.
For it to truly work, you almost have to surrender your ego for a moment. You have to be willing to accept that someone who has already traveled farther down the road may be seeing something you canât. đŁď¸
Not because theyâre smarter. Not because youâre incapable. But because experience creates perspective, and perspective changes everything.
The easy response is to defend your position.
The hard response is to ask yourself, âWhat if theyâre right?â đ¤
I donât have all the answers yet. Honestly, Iâm still processing a lot of what was discussed, and some of those conversations deserve a post of their own later. đ
What I do know is that spending a day around people operating at that level forces you to confront your own thinking. It forces you to question what youâve accepted as truth. It forces you to look at your future through a different lens.
And sometimes the most valuable thing a mentor can give you isnât a strategy. Itâs a completely different way to see the game.
Iâm curiousâŚ
If someone you deeply respected, someone whose results were magnitudes beyond your own, challenged a vision youâve believed in for yearsâŚ
Would you trust their guidance and act?
Or would you question it and stay the course? đ
