You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were bor… - Lewis Howes

What did you fail at today?” Then her dad would encourage them to write down the “hidden gifts” — the lessons that came from their failures.

Nelson Mandela put it best when he said, “There is no passion to be found playing small and settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

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.