SOG EP 1608 BONUS: Jon Bon Jovi REVEALS His Only REGRET And Life Lessons as a FAMOUS 24-Year-Old ROCKSTAR!

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

0:12When you're coming off stage in front of 80 ,000 people, and you're the man, and you're selling out the biggest tour in history back to back, and people are screaming every word and chanting your name, and then you go home and someone's upset at you or they want you to listen to them, how do you get over your ego of being Jon Bon Jovi and saying, I'm going to be a great partner it might take a minute to walk it off you know when you're on the on the road for a long time especially in those younger years when we would be on the road so long that you could carry the lifestyle home but i haven't even seen that guy in a long time wow so it's it's a it's of no interest to me to even see that guy boy i'm really trying to be honest with you because even if it was 10 or 15 years ago when we were just still you know a little more wild and and i don't mean this and it would like we're subdued now but it's just it had a little more um ego-driven way yes even that wasn't a big deal where did you learn that though did you did your parents teach you this it's who we are where we come from what we did One thing we learned on this journey, we're doing this interview right now in Los Angeles, California.

1:26I had a house out here for years on the beach in Malibu with all the beautiful people. And the first thing after owning that house for four or five years was we got to sell this house. Why? We got to get the hell out of here. This is not conducive to a great relationship and a great life and a great career and a great ground in who we are, what we are, where we come from. Wow. And it was the same thing when we went home and wrote Slippery and Wet. It was like, we are being lumped in with these kind of bands that it's not our thing. And I was just like, I don't want to be a part of this scene. This is not who we are.

2:02Go back home. Take that picture in the inner sleeve in our driveway. You know, in our cars. You know, with blue jeans and t-shirts on. And sell that Malibu house. And you come out here and everyone's always looking over the shoulder. and they've got that, who's the bigger guy in the room? Who can I go and work? Who can I get something from? I'm not impressed. You know, I don't give off. And I know grown men who still are playing that game. Wow. You know, and it's just sad. Yeah. And shallow. What do you wish everyone knew about money, fame, and success? Money doesn't make you smart, it just makes you rich.

2:43Does it make you happy? Does not make you happy. Now, can it pay for the bills so you can get the doctor and the insurance and those things? It solves some problems, but absolutely does not make you happy and it doesn't make you smart. It just makes you wealthy. What do you wish people knew about fame and accomplishments? Accomplishments are all fabulous, especially if you work hard for them. And, you know, you have a, you deserve the opportunity to accept the accolade in and of the moment and enjoy it. And then, you know, then you move on from it and don't measure who and what you are based on any kind of championship ring.

3:27Right, no, it's not your identity. It is not who you are, it's just what you do. It's who I live by that credo. It's not who I am, it's just what I do. But I've met many a billionaire who, they're not smart because, you know, they're just, they're missing out on the good things in life, you know, on being a part of their community, on touching the lives of their wives and their children, on sleeping on their pillow at night and knowing that they did something good instead of for a buck. Yeah. And what do you wish people knew about fame? It's really an interesting question to ask at this juncture, right?

4:03and it's 2024 and I remember having a conversation with my kids maybe 10, 12, 15 years ago and them telling me about that the internet and ways to make money and I would say but you got to write a song to make money you have to learn how to act you know what I'm talking about I'm like a skill set referencing the art we have to be an athlete and put in the 10 000 hours I've been proven wrong obviously now right there's there's all there's a whole world of people making a buck and that is very confusing for me and my generation. We were told that we could go to the moon because President Kennedy told us we could, but we had to go to school to learn how to do the science to get to the moon.

4:47We didn't just snap our fingers and get lucky on the internet one day. So it's a very confusing time. But I don't think anything is a substitute for hard work and dedication and commitment. And, you know, not every day you're going to win, but every day is an opportunity to participate in the process and measure your progress. Absolutely. Well, you won a lot, though, consistently, which is pretty impressive. Yeah, it's all good. You've won. More than I've lost. You've been winning, yeah, championship after championship.

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