CELEBRATING ONE YEAR of The Daily Motivation! | Lewis Howes EP 365

0:00Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation show.

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0:52My friend, I'm so grateful that you're part of this community, and I wanted to ask you, do you ever wish you could go back in time and give your past self some advice? Well, I know I wish I could. And with all the people that I've interviewed over the years, the last 10 years, my 10-year anniversary this year, here are the things that my current 40-year-old self wish I could have shared with my 20-year-old self. And I've got five things I wanted to share with you. Number one, health comes first. I cannot emphasize this enough. This comes over everything else. It comes over family, friends, dreams.

1:29Because if you don't have healthy mind, body, spirit, emotions, then everything else is going to suffer. So when you feel good, everything else falls into place. Number one, health comes first. Make this a top priority. I do things for my health every single day. Number two, it is true. You are and you become who you surround yourself with. I'm a big believer that relationships are everything. The right relationships are everything. There's good people out there. There's people with good intentions that you've known for a long time. Maybe you've been in your past. Maybe friends you grew up with or people from school or people in your family even.

2:07But the people you spend the most time with, they've got to be in alignment with your values and your vision and a healthy lifestyle. So if you've got gossip and stress and people are negative and victim mentality, then it's going to seep into your psyche as well. So just be aware of that. The right relationships are key. So make sure you make connections with people who lift you up and help you grow as a human being. The third one, my friend, is to create a powerful morning routine so that you can set the tone for your day. I've interviewed so many great athletes, so many great business leaders, so many people in the military, in the Navy, and all these individuals who seem to be the happiest and most successful people are the ones who have structure throughout their day, but their first couple hours are extremely important.

2:56It's why I get up and I meditate and I go to the gym and I focus on health. I make the morning the time for my top priority, which is health. And when you create a powerful morning routine, you have a powerful life. The fourth thing, choose to be happy right now. There were so many times where I was like, man, I'm not enough, and I feel insignificant and insecure. And for years, I lived like that until I finally made a decision like, what if I just chose to be happy? Happy with where I'm at, happy with what I've created, happy with what I've overcome. Even though I don't have everything I want, or I'm not financially free yet, or I don't have the right relationships, I can still choose to be happy each moment of every day.

3:38And it didn't work for me all the time. But when I do this today, it is incredible. Sure, there's breakdowns and sadness and pain and suffering, but I can choose to be grateful and happy now because I also know that I could be gone any day. Based on statistics around the world, 150 ,000 people did not wake up today. 150 ,000 people die every single day in the world on average. You're here. All those people that aren't here anymore would do anything to have your problems and your stress and your overwhelm. I'm not saying that you need to stay in that state, but I am saying you can choose to be happy no matter what state and work to getting out of the unhappy, stressful moments that you're experiencing by choosing gratitude for what you do have.

4:26And the fifth thing for today, my friend, healing is a journey. I wish I would have told myself this when I was 20. Healing is a journey. Be patient and gentle with yourself and seek support from professionals or friends or mentors who have experience to support you in your healing process. Do not do it on your own. Do not try to just grunt through it. I did that for many years. That didn't work. Don't try to just outwork your feelings. Healing is a journey and it's a process. Love yourself for where you are right now. Appreciate how far you've come and envision all the good that your future will bring.

5:04Man, I wish I knew this when I was 20, but these are my five lessons I wanted to send to you. And I'm grateful for you for being a part of this community, for being a part of these messages that I get to send out to you. And I would love for you to reply. What advice would you give your past self? Let me know. I'm grateful for you today. Appreciate you so very much. Hope you have an amazing day.

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6:31Again, have an amazing day and I'll see you tomorrow with another episode of the Daily Motivation Show.