This is 5 Minute Friday!

The iconic Muhammad Ali said,

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.

I've always been a big believer that everyone is addicted to something.

Everyone's got some type of addiction, but if we are going to be addicted to anything,

why not find a positive addiction and why not be addicted to serving other people?

When you're giving your gifts to other people, you're helping people with your time,

resources, you're creating something in the service of other people,

it lights a fire under you.

And then it makes you stronger, more confident, and makes you want to keep going.

And this is one of the most powerful things about service.

Here on the podcast, my goal is to serve as many people as possible.

Our current mission is to impact a hundred million lives weekly to help them live a better life.

And it means that I can't tailor every episode to be well liked by every listener.

And I want to bring back this point here in just a moment that some episodes are slammed dunks

while others seem to get mixed responses and get critical feedback.

And to be honest, sometimes it hurts when people say negative things about our dreams,

or our craft, or our gifts, or our programs, or products, or something we put our time and energy on the love into.

And we put it out in the world. And when someone says something nasty about it or criticizes it,

it can be hurtful to us if we allow it.

And I'm going to give you a trick here in just a moment.

But it doesn't shake me off my path because my mission is service.

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