How To Destroy Envy And Unlock Wealth Fast | Lewis Howes

30 Sep 2026 · 7 min · 2 chapters

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Lewis Howes argues that envy blocks wealth creation. He says your subconscious protects you from becoming the person you insult, and the “shift” is replacing judgment with curiosity—asking how others succeed. He claims celebrating others creates a win-win mindset, and “money goes where it’s respected,” so disrespect and comparison repel wealth. He gives a practice: after seeing a successful launch online, he DM’d the person “Congratulations” and kept it simple. He also promotes his book Make Money Easy (makemoneyeasybook.com) about making money feel easier and more abundant.

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Transforming Envy into Inspiration

0:45 to 4:25

Learn how to shift from envy to inspiration by celebrating others' success.

“It will protect you from turning into the person that you just insulted, or the person that you think did something bad or wrong, or the person that you think stole or lied to get money.”

Transforming Envy into Inspiration

5:21 to 5:36

Learn how to shift from envy to inspiration by celebrating others' success.

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0:29Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:40Lewis Howes:You will never become the thing you speak badly about. Your subconscious, your nervous system, your body, your mind won't let you. It will protect you from turning into the person that you just insulted, or the person that you think did something bad or wrong, or the person that you think stole or lied to get money. This is it. Why this is one of the signs. Here is the shift. The shift for you is someone ahead of you shows up and the first thing out of you isn't judgment. It's a question. So instead of seeing someone who's made more than you or got some raise or did some big launch, instead of judging them and questioning them and making them wrong, you start with a question.

1:27Lewis Howes:And you start asking questions like, huh, how do they do that? Who do they have to become in order to create that? What do they know that I don't know yet? And once you're asking how, you stop competing with them or judging them, and you start learning from them, which is really inspiring. And if you can go even beyond this, this is one layer, but if you can go beyond this and celebrate them, boom, you start unlocking a different level of awareness around your relationship to money. When you see someone winning and earning and getting opportunities and getting a big sale or getting an exit or getting a job raise or whatever it might be, and you see them win and they talk about it, they announce it, or someone talks about it, celebrate them, congratulate them.

2:13Lewis Howes:It's one of the first things that I do now. I used to get jealous and insecure when I was starting out, when someone was ahead of me or someone got something more than me. I used to be like, huh, why are they getting that and I'm not getting this? That energy didn't serve me. It just made me swirling around in judgment, comparison, make wrong, and not enoughness. And I stayed in that energy. So if you can shift that energy and just start clapping for people, start celebrating them, start encouraging them, say, congratulations. It's incredible because you're celebrating the thing that you want to achieve in the future instead of criticizing, judging, or pulling them down.

2:57Lewis Howes:Why would you emotionally, psychologically, or spiritually get to a place where you're constantly pulling something down or pulling someone down from so you can get above them? This isn't a win-lose game. This is about win-win. And when you shift that energy around acknowledging and really celebrating people who accomplish things, you create win-win rather than win-lose. Money goes where it's respected. So if you're in an energy level of disrespect, why would money come to you? Why would the thing that you disrespect come to you? And you can't respect something while you're trashing everyone who has it.

3:37Lewis Howes:So this is something we need to start shifting with. And I want you to start thinking about that. Is this something that you are dealing with right now? Is this something you've already let go of? If you're not judging people who have money, then you're in a good sign. This is a great sign for you that you're on the right path. But if you're still in an energetic container that says this person or that person just makes more money than me, or they're promoting something they have online that I don't have and it doesn't feel good, you've got to shift that. That means you're still not getting past that season that you need to in order to energetically start creating the wealth that you're looking for.

4:17Lewis Howes:So that is sign number one. Sign number two, and before I get to sign number two, this is a practice I try to do because I feel like we could all go back into old patterns at any moment. So something I try to do, I saw this person online, um, who did some big launch. I don't even know who this person is. I've never met them. I saw them and they did a big launch and everyone was talking about and, and talking about the, the ins and outs of the launch. And I just sent this person the DM. I don't follow this person. I sent them a DM and I just said, Hey, I'm so happy for your success. Congratulations.

4:52Lewis Howes:Keep going. That's literally all I said. The person replied and said, oh my God, thank you so much. I really appreciate it and love what you've done as well. And it's just celebrating others. It doesn't cost you anything to celebrate someone for accomplishing success or making a lot of money. In my mind, it just brings me closer to more of what I'm looking for.

5:20Lewis Howes:I have a brand new book called Make Money Easy. and if you're looking to create more financial freedom in your life, you want abundance in your life and you want to stop making money hard in your life, but you wanna make it easier, you wanna make it flow, you wanna feel abundant, then make sure to go to makemoneyeasybook.com right now and get yourself a copy. I really think this is gonna help you transform your relationship with money this moment moving forward. We have some big guests and content coming up. Make sure you're following and thanks for tuning in to this episode of The Daily Motivation Show.

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Lewis Howes says you will never become the thing you speak badly about. Your nervous system won't let you turn into the person you just insulted.

Lewis admits he used to get jealous and insecure when someone got ahead of him. Swirling in comparison and not enough-ness. That energy went nowhere.

The shift: someone ahead of you shows up and the first thing out of you is a question. How did they do that? Who did they have to become?

Then go further and clap. Congratulate them out loud. You're celebrating the thing you want to achieve later.

He saw a stranger online do a big launch. Doesn't follow them, never met them. Sent a DM saying he was happy for their success, keep going. They wrote back thrilled.

Money goes where it's respected. You can't respect something while trashing everyone who has it.

If a stranger's win still stings, that's the season you haven't left yet.

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