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The Light Watkins Show

237: Plot Twist: Why Achieving Your Dreams Won’t Make You Happier with Zachary Levi, Actor and Mental Health Advocate

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this bite-sized episode of The Light Watkins Show, actor and mental health advocate Zachary Levi shares a deeply personal and powerful story about the ups and downs of his career and mental health journey. Known for his starring roles in Shazam and American Underdog, Zachary’s path to success wasn’t as smooth as it might seem. In fact, when his dreams of acting came true, his personal life hit some of its lowest points.Zachary opens up about the pivotal moment when his career began to take...

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0:00.0

I thought well maybe I'm not cut out for this maybe I'm wasting my time and I'm

0:07.2

wasting God's time I'm wasting universe's time so I remember having this real

0:10.8

heart to heart with God one night in my car.

0:12.6

I'm like, I need you to show me that I'm not wasting my time or your time.

0:17.6

Because if I be doing something else, if I need to go back and go back to school and

0:22.1

figure something out, if I need to go be something school and figure something out.

0:22.8

If I need to go be something else and do something else to serve this world,

0:26.2

then let me go do that.

0:27.6

Hey friend, welcome back to the Light Watkins show I'm Light Watkins and I have

0:36.6

conversations with ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary

0:41.4

leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their purpose,

0:44.9

or what they've identified as their mission in life. Today I have another bite-size plot twist episode for you. Plot Twist is a shorter clip from a past

0:55.0

episode where the guest shares the story of the pivotal moment in their life

0:59.4

trajectory where they found the gateway to their calling.

1:03.0

The idea behind sharing their plot twists is to inspire you to lean into those plot twists whenever they happen in your life.

1:11.0

Because usually, when you get turned around from what you thought was your path in life

1:14.9

what's actually happening is you're being detoured toward your actual path and sometimes that looks like

1:21.7

getting laid off or you got betrayed or in the case of today's

1:27.0

guest actor and mental health advocate Zachary Levi it's getting his dream come true.

1:34.8

Now you may know Zachary from his roles in Shazam,

1:39.2

the Action Hero franchise, as well as the NFL football quarterback Kurt Warner story called

1:46.4

American Underdog.

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