Hi my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

For me there are three causes of doubt.

Three main things that hold us back that make us doubt ourselves.

The first one is the fear of failure.

How many of you just show a hands if you've ever been afraid to fail at something in your life?

I think all of us.

Failure, the fear of failure for me is,

was never really a thing for me because as an athlete I learned early on

That you needed to fail constantly in order to get better.

You know, when I was shooting free throws early on

and I miss, my coach would tell me, well,

you need to adjust your elbow, you need to follow through,

you need to do this.

So failure was actually a mechanism for me to learn how to improve and how to get better and how to achieve my goals.

The second cause of doubt is success, the pressure that comes with success.

But once I achieve something,

then I have this responsibility.

Then I have to show up that way all the time.

Then the people expect me to be a certain way. Well here's one. When I succeed I

leave my friends and family behind. When you started to achieve something your

friends or your circle of influence that, hey, why don't you come

back to hang out with us? Where are you going? Why are you trying to do that thing? Like, come

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