Lewis Howes: Why Having Money Without Inner Peace Leads to Tragedy

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0:38Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to The Daily Motivation Show.

0:50I was living in a two-bedroom apartment until I was 40 years old and I was happy with it. And I didn't need a lot of space, but I also wasn't willing to invest in creating a sanctuary for myself to expand emotionally, if that makes sense. So I had a lot of learning. But I was living in an apartment building four and a half, five years ago. And I was on a road trip, and I came back one day, and there was a white tent in the valet. There was a white tent. And the valet attendant was taking my car, and I kind of just made this kind of quick joke, which wasn't a joke after all. And I said, someone didn't jump, did they?

1:26And he looked at me and said, yeah, they just happened like 30 minutes ago. And I go, this is the most expensive apartment building, even though it was only a two bedroom. It was an expensive building. And billionaires would live there. Famous actors lived there. It was the building to be in L.A. And I go, this doesn't make sense that someone would jump from this building. I see these people every day in the common space. There's a nice gym there. I see people and it's like wealthy individuals. And I was like, why would someone jump? I don't want to assume I understand the whole, this whole person's life, but the person was worth a half a billion dollars and was a very well-known person in Los Angeles in the entertainment world.

2:10Um, but it was the day after father's day. And as I learned more about the situation, he didn't have a relationship with his son who was a teenage son. He wasn't married. and there were other things that came out about his life. And again, I don't know what he was thinking or how he was feeling, but I can only imagine that he wasn't living an abundant life inside. And all the money in the world and all the accolades that this person had didn't make him feel worthy of staying alive for whatever reason. And for me, it's scary and sad to see when you think you have it all, but you have nothing, that's why number three is kind of a scary place to be in.

2:55And you see this where people get into addictions and alcohol and drugs when they have a lot of money. It's like trying to escape from not feeling good enough still. So you have more to play with can be, which can be scary. And the fourth way to live, I think is what we're all trying to get to, which is how can we create financial independence, financial freedom, whatever that looks like for you and have a rich, abundant life. And that's what I want us to be exploring, to be unpacking this evening. And it's what we go through in the book as well, Making Money Easy, about creating that richness of life inside of you so that you can have the health, the relationships, the purpose, the vision, the career, whatever it is you're working on, and feel abundant, feel peaceful, feel whole feel like you're home and I left home at 13 because I didn't feel safe in my home I literally left home and went to a private boarding school begged my parents to send me away they did not want to send me away but I didn't feel safe in the environment with them because they didn't love each other they yelled at each other a lot silent treatment a lot I was never afraid for my life, but it never felt safe emotionally being home.

4:12And I don't know if any of you can relate to that growing up, the feeling of it doesn't feel safe because mom and dad don't feel safe. Even though I know they loved me, they didn't love each other. So we didn't have a richness there. They did their best with the tools they had. I'm not, I don't hold a grudge. I love my parents, but I ran away because I didn't feel safe at home. And it took me another 20 years until I started to learn how to be a safe home inside of me. And I know we're in New York, so hopefully it isn't too woo-woo-y to say this stuff because I know Gabby Bernstein comes here and other people come here.

4:52So hopefully you guys can resonate with this a little bit and it's resonating in some way. But the memories that we have and the meaning we give those memories shape our beliefs.

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