Lewis Howes Quotes
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There is a big difference between wanting to someday run a race and actually being a runner. The wannabe runner doesn’t have a plan for training. Whether they run or not today depends on how they are feeling. But if the runner has already decided, I am a runner, they then do what runners do — run. They don’t have to think about it. They don’t have to feel like it. They do it.
My sense of humor developed because it helped me compensate for my pain. If I felt insignificant inside, which I did during my childhood, I learned if I can make someone laugh, it feels like they value me. And if they value me, then it means I’m significant. And if I’m significant because I just made them laugh, then I don’t feel the sense of insignificance that I’m relentlessly trying to escape from. I became addicted to making people laugh. It was my survival strategy. The good thing about that was it helped train me to become a black belt of comedy.
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When adversity arises, you have two choices: (1) Do nothing, let it overwhelm you, and fall victim to your circumstances, or (2) embrace the challenge and move toward the adversity, making it part of your success story. Prepare yourself for these moments, because they are going to happen in all areas of your life whether you like it or not.